Author: Kayko Driedger Hesslein

Kayko Driedger Hesslein is a rostered minister of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Affiliate Professor of Theology and Director of Contextual Education for Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon. She teaches and researches from Treaty 7 territory in Canada.

Considerations for Preaching on International Transgender Day of Visibility

[1] A preacher who is proclaiming the Word on International Transgender Day of Visibility, faces ethical decisions. Ethically, there are considerations of whether to address the significance of the day and how a cisgender preacher might authentically incorporate transgender voices without appropriation.[i] In addition, there is the considerable challenge of whether to explicitly reference trans […]