
Welcome – my name is Kieran Bohan. I am a 50-something gay Christian sharing stories of faith, hope and love, to inspire and challenge. I am also:
- a former Roman Catholic seminarian (trainee for priesthood)
- now a member of the Methodist Church and training for ordination
- in the first civil partnership to be registered in a place of worship in the UK
- an experienced teacher, youth worker and trainer in LGBT awareness, particularly for faith communities
- Director of the Open Table Network, a growing partnership of Christian worship communities which welcome and affirm people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer / Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA), plus our family, friends and anyone who wants to belong in an accepting, loving community
- former visiting lecturer in the Education department at Edge Hill University, offering inspiration on age-appropriate teaching on gender and sexuality for trainee Primary teachers, and Christian perspectives on LGBT+ issues for Secondary Religious Education teachers
- former volunteer LGBT+ role model with Diversity Role Models, Barnardo’s and Stonewall
- contributor to several websites, including Quest, Diversity Role Models, Mission In The Economy, Appreciating Church, and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace.

Why ‘A brave faith’?
When I began writing this blog I did so under a pseudonym – ‘Jack-With-No-Box’. I explained the origin of that name and of the the title of the blog in an early post here. I headed the blog in the early years with this image: Jacob and the Angel by Alexander Louis Leloir. It represented something of my experience of ‘wrestling for blessing’, which I first wrote about here.

I grew in confidence after our civil partnership made the news in 2012. Media requests for interviews followed the UK Government’s consultation on same-sex marriage in England and Wales in 2013.
So, as I began writing under my own name, I headed the blog with this photo of my husband and I on the threshold of the church at our civil partnership celebration. I wrote about the significance of this image for us here.
While I still write under my own name, I have reverted to the image of Jacob and the Angel to reflect the wrestling with ideas, identities and theologies about which I often write.
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Hi Kieran, just checking in while checking out your blog, Greg
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