About Me
This is a side blog so I don't annoy my irl friends with Christian discourse lol. I'm Joanie. My identity is foremost Christian and then, in no particular order: Lutheran, queer, trans, white, USAmerican. Also some other things but these are the perspectives I cannot speak outside of.
I am a second year seminarian and candidate for ministry! My current ministry interests are expressions of future church life, pathways to Christianity for faith seekers marginalized by the church, repairing harm done by the church, reclaiming Christianity from the American right-wing, and intra- and interfaith ecumenism. (Phrasing borrowed from Amos Yong.)
My ongoing theological/historical interests are forgiveness, the Judaic roots of Christianity, universal salvation, universalism/religious plurality, queer theology, the Apostolic Age, Patristic Age and Reformation. This doesn't mean these are areas of expertise but rather areas of exploration and questioning.
I like to argue, a word which here means to make reasoned statements to prove or refute an argument, especially for the purpose of learning. I do not like to fight. I value source citation, precision in language, and sincerity. I want to really stress again that arguing is fun for me, so if I'm arguing on your post and it's not fun for you, just block me. Or if you want to continue the discussion but it's not fun, let me know and I'll adjust my tone.
My username is a reference to Martin Luther's phrase, simul iustus et peccator- simultaneously justified and sinner. To me, the tradition of Lutheranism gifts me a deep understand that I will sin and I will fail, but that in God I have the confidence that my sin will never be the end of me. It is God's grace that gives me the freedom not to hide from my mistakes, but to face them and correct them.
Thanks for reading, peace be with you.
PS the cat in my header is Patches and that's her laying on one of my Bibles while I read a different one because I couldn't make her leave <3














