This is a rough transcript of a presentation I gave to the Penn State Faculty-Staff Christian Fellowship in March 2017, entitled Transgender People and the Body of Christ. This talk was (of course) inspired by Eli/Miriam’s life, which is why I am reproducing it on this memorial site. I’m grateful to the group (which skews relatively conservative) for inviting me and for paying attention to what I had to say. Continue reading “Transgender People and the Body of Christ”