Beth Carlson-Malena - Speaker

I love receiving invitations to preach, participate on panels, teach workshops, and give talks about various topics.

I’ll gladly preach on pretty much any scripture passage or theme, including seasonal themes and lectionary passages.

Some of the recurring themes in my work and topics I enjoy speaking about include…

• Queer Christian theology & perspectives

• Climate justice

• Decolonizing our faith

• Biology, creation, & embodiment

• Queer 101 & how straight/cisgender folks can practice allyship (especially in the church)

• Deconstructing & reconstructing (evangelical) faith

• Sharing my coming out story, and how I reconciled queerness & faith

You’ll find some samples of my speaking below… and if you want to invite me to speak, please email me at bethmalena[at]gmail.com and we’ll discuss dates, and whether I’m a good fit for your context.

Sermon at open Way

This is me preaching over Zoom for my own church in December 2023, looking at the Magnificat through the lens of disability justice and vulnerability.

SHARING MY STORY

In 2022, I got to share my coming out story and theological journey with my home church in Saskatoon. You can find the video on their Vimeo page here: https://vimeo.com/666284598

workshop

Here’s a workshop I co-facilitated with my friend Shylo for a virtual queer retreat in 2020. We discuss queer readings of stories in Genesis.

Short talk

Here’s a 20-minute talk I gave in 2019 about my understanding of allyship, introducing a larger evening event where allyship was the focus.

Guest preaching

This was a sermon I preached at Canadian Memorial United Church as part of their series on “giving up things for Lent” in spring 2019.

preaching for queer christians

I’m particularly proud of this sermon I preached at the end of a retreat for queer Christians in 2017.