Postmodern Pastoral

 City bus city bus go go go! Take the fast lane don't be slow! - Logan Greene Riding the bus is a skill, and I'm learning a lot of people have no clue how to do it. So, at the risk of sounding condescending, I figured I'd share some helpful tips.  There's a large sign on the front of the bus, it tells you which bus it is and which direction it's going. Please read that sign. Feel free to ask your bus driver questions, but ultimately it is your responsibility to know how to use the bus. This rich girl from South Carolina who's never ridden a bus before asked me how to get to Walgreens and I said "you have to get off at this stop, wait for the yellow bus, and that will take you to Walgreens." Then she started crying. 😐 Each bus has a fixed route, and it runs back and forth along that route. There's little street signs that say "bus stop" stand under them and wait for the bus. Ride along and watch where the bus is going. Pull the cord or ri...

I'm envious of Charlie Bird. He's a beautiful Mormon man with a beautiful Mormon husband and his social media presence makes his life seem so free and easy and fun. He was ESPN's favorite mascot in college sport history, like, that's pretty cool. He serves in the church and his congregation loves him. Truthfully I know it's not so easy, being a gay Mormon is so hard. He's also said on social media that his privacy has been/is being violated. Despite intellectually understanding that his life is not perfect, I still feel the intense emotion of envy. And the sin of envy is on me. I wanted to stay in the church and be openly gay. Maybe I didn't want it hard enough, or maybe I was too weak to endure that path. But that plan didn't work out. I prayed so hard to be cured of my homosexual temptations. I met with a therapist to develop chastity-friendly coping mechanisms. But it was all vanity. And now, someone else has what I was denied.  In a lot of ways Charl...