Author - Shannon TL Kearns

Shannon TL Kearns is a priest, playwright, theologian, and writer who became the first openly transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic priesthood. The cofounder of queertheology.com, he is also the author of In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey With Scripture (Eerdmans) and three forthcoming books: No One Taught Me How To Be A Man (Broadleaf), Come and See (Hodder Faith), and Reading the Bible Through Queer Eyes (HarperOne, cowritten with Brian G. Murphy).

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Men are struggling. Can the church help?

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A reflection for the fifth Sunday of Easter

Shannon TL Kearns

Readings (Year C): Acts 14:21 – 27Psalm 145:8 – 9, 10 – 11, 12 – 13Revelation 21:1 – 5aJohn 13:31 – 33a, 34 – 35...

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A reflection for the second Sunday of Advent

Shannon TL Kearns

Readings (Year C): Baruch 5:1 – 9Psalms 126:1 – 2, 2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 Philemon 1:4 – 6, 8 – 11Luke 3:1 – 6 Reflection:...

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A reflection for the thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Shannon TL Kearns

Readings (Year B): Deuteronomy 6:2 – 6Psalms 18:2 – 3, 3 – 4, 47, 51Hebrews 7:23 – 28Mark 12:28b – 34 Reflection: Love God and...