My mentor of blog writing says one should never repeat a blog post, but in view of some of the emails we received from young people this week at the church, I really feel a need to give this witness again. The pain and anguish expressed in some of the messages give me pause and
You Are God’s Child and You Are Not a Mistake! (Part 2) Read More »
Have you ever had one of those times when you felt like no matter what you did, no one was thankful or appreciative of the amount of effort it took to do what you did? Maybe at some point in your life you took on a project that took all your ability to think about
First let me just say after a power flicker while in the middle of writing this blog, the term “Jesus saves” has new meaning for me this morning. I want to say to my sisters and brothers in the LGBTQIA community who have been so battered and beaten by the religious establishment, especially those of
Since the earliest days of Christianity, one thing we Christians have proven ourselves great at is splintering ourselves seven ways to Sunday, so to speak. We profess to follow Jesus the Christ, who wanted to draw the world to him – but in our day-to-day practice, at best we seem to be sending mixed signals
The Road to Irrelevance Read More »
Let us start with a definition according to “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”. Now there are lots of other -isms’s that could be brought up which are just as brutal, unfair, and theologically incorrect. However, if we could just get to a place where we really understand what “racism” is and where it takes us, then
Are There Multiple -isms, or Really Just One? Um, Yes. Read More »
As I write this blog my heart is broken, my mind is filled with rage and my emotions are all over the block. The cause is simple, our LGBTQI youth are being let down by the very people who ought to be holding them up and supporting them. Once again, the youth of our community
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A few years back a good friend of mine who also is a pastor lamented to me one day he wished the “gay community” would just not be so “in your face” about our issues. We had a pretty loud conversation, fight, and argument that ended with me stomping out of his office and back
Dear Rev. Turner … Read More »
What shall we write about this week? It is not like there isn’t a whole mess of topics to pick from. There is the whole Karen Handel power grab under the guise of “family values”. There was some idiot from the political right caught on camera saying that Rachel Maddow was the best excuse he
The Guise of Family Values Read More »
I was digging around for something to write about for this week’s blog, and came across the blog I wrote for the last election cycle. I am not sure if I am happy to have found it. We have indeed made history by electing the black person to the office of the President of the
Let me start by saying there is no one who is running for the Presidency of the United States on the Republican side of the aisle that is going to be helpful to the LGBTQIA community. In fact, the vast majority of them if they get their way are flat dangerous to our community. We
The Desperate House of Cards Known as “Love Won Out” Read More »