The Listening That We Are: LGBTQ Folk, Scripture and Spiritual Formation
Mona West
Over the past several decades heated arguments over orientation and gender identity have rocked the Church. The Bible has become a weapon used against LGBTQ people. Mona's lecture will examine an important question: how can marginalized people who have been negatively affected by so-called "clobber passages" submit themselves to the transformative power of Scripture? And in answer to this question, Mona will explore a practice she refers to as Queer Lectio Divina.
Rev. Dr. Mona West received her Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky). She is the co-editor of The Queer Bible Commentary and Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible. Mona is an ordained minister in the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), most recently serving as senior pastor of Church of the Trinity MCC in Sarasota, Florida. Visit Mona's website for more information about her ministry.
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The Listening That We Are: LGBTQ Folk, Scripture and Spiritual Formation