Jordan ConstantineADVENT // MARY AND MARTHAThe stone is rolled away; Lazarus’ grave lies open. Jesus finally has arrived and I don’t know the faith of Mary and Martha to receive him…Dec 25, 2021Dec 25, 2021
Jordan ConstantineADVENT // STRENGTHI only knew one answer to my sexuality. As a kid in grade six, eight, twelve, college — the unchanging state of my attractions had only one…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // KINGDOMI share the heart of the crowd that sought to force Jesus into kingship. How many days had it been since they had “eaten their fill” at the…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // BETHESDA“…the body’s grace itself only makes human sense if we have a language of grace in the first place; and that depends on having a language…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // STORYMuch has been made of the hour the woman comes to the well — the heavy heat of high noon, no shade to shelter her coming and going, an…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // NICODEMUSAt the end of a summer spent camp counseling, I found courage to tell my camp director I was gay. He asked questions out of his confusion —…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // WELLWhy speak of sexuality and Jesus with “ambiguity”?Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // VOICEWhy now speak about my sexuality and Jesus? It’s again a question I knew would come. And it’s a question I’ve felt a range of answers for —…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // FRIENDEvery week for a year, a pastor sat with me and we prayed the psalms. He knew the company he kept. He let me speak of my story in the same…Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021
Jordan ConstantineORDINARY TIME // ASH HEAPHow do I understand the relationship between being gay and being Christian?Dec 7, 2021Dec 7, 2021