Essays written by Queer Youth of Faith
The Four Questions (and Many More)
Growing up Jewish, my favorite holiday was always Pesach. Passover. Everyone else seemed to love Chanukah for the presents and dreidels or Rosh Hashanah for the sweet honey…
In the Name Of
In Catholicism, a name is sacred. It demands respect, a sign of dignity marked on their tongue with just a few syllables. We are taught in long, wooden pews…
Coexistence
For much of my life, I thought that my beliefs and my bisexuality could never coexist. Raised in a Christian faith that emphasized strict lines of right and wrong…
Love is the Universal Language of God
I am sitting in the pews of the new church my mother and I started attending. The pews are smaller, yet more comfortable than our previous church…
Seeing God
Upon reading the prompt for this essay, I had sat on the idea of describing my faith as an active practice. In doing so, I became more cognizant…
What I Was Made For
I’ll be the first to say that simply living life in a Christ-like way is a practice of Christianity in and of itself. I think that outwardly embodying…
Queer Christian Joy
As a bisexual, Christian woman I take both aspects of my identity very seriously. I am very proud to be LGBTQ+. I am also very proud to be a Christian…

