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Welcome to part 4 of our “Let’s Talk About Sexual Ethics” series. The first two posts consider the evolution of the sex ethics conversation in the Generous Space community. If you haven’t already read them, I invite you to do so here and here. In these posts, I unpack how a values-centered approach to sexual ethics allows us to both honour an individual’s agency in discerning how to steward their sexual life in a manner that is consistent with their Christian faith and in a w

Last week, I posted a two part reflection (which can be found here and here) as a precursor to the release of this video in which I unpack centred-set sexual ethics. Included in this video are some of the key reflection questions that I invite people to consider if they choose to incorporate this framework. If centred set sexual ethics are a new concept for you, I encourage you to read the previous posts to help flesh out this way of discerning how to best steward our sexual

In Part 1 I introduced the shift that Generous Space has made from a rules-based approach to sexual ethics to a values-centered perspective. Now I want to unpack more specifics about how that takes shape in our community. Our first retreat six years ago was where I encountered the reality of polyamory in the context of relational, pastoral ministry. Three individuals who were committed to each other in intimate relationship attended the retreat. They were individuals who love

[image description: a cartoon chalkboard that reads “Let’s Talk Sex”] For anyone who denies that God has a sense of humour, I wish they could be privy to the dialogue I have with the divine about the increasing opportunities I have to speak on the topic of sexual ethics. While I protest in Moses-esque questioning of my aptitude for the job, God, it seems, simply busts a gut and roars with laughter. Not in an unkind way. But in a way that I can’t help but sort of chuckle along

In the last few weeks the ministry has been approached by several documentary projects looking for people to share their stories of surviving conversion therapy. This traumatic phenomenon is in the spotlight as Hollywood weighs in with feature films like Boy Erased and The Miseducation of Cameron Post.  Campaigns like Born Perfect are hard at work to enact legislation banning the practice of conversion therapy. When speaking with a producer from CBC, I indicated that the beli

I have been serving as an advocate for LGBTQ+ people for a long time. But as a mainly straight person, it took me a long time to really understand, at a deep-gut level, what being an ally was all about and what Pride celebrations were all about.  And I have to wonder if maybe some other kind, well-meaning straight people might be in a similar boat. My lack of “getting it” wasn’t because I didn’t care about LGBTQ+ people.  It wasn’t because I was homophobic or transphobic. It