Well it certainly has been a while since I wrote anything for the blog. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, I guess I have been going through a case of the “pastoral dumps”. “Pastoral dumps” being a kind of depression where one does what is required and not anything beyond. I have […]
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With all the mess going on in Washington…and the awful things they are saying to each other, the news media behaving like vultures and people jockeying for position to be called a hero, we now see this embarrassing fighting standing in the way of making sure the folks of our country are protected, secure and
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I wanted to share this press release with my readers. I am so proud of my friend, colleague and sister, Rev. Candace Chellew! A refrain heard relentlessly by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith is: “God hates fags!” Whether it’s hurled as a direct insult or stated more subtly in a “Love the
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I know I have not written in some time, that is about to change, long story as to why…but just as I am getting ready to write one of my closest friends writes an open letter that was just too good to not share with you. This is a letter to Sean Hannity (in response
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I have said for a long long time…the idea of fighting the spread of AIDS through “abstinence-only” programs was a powerplay on the part of the religious right and a cheap way for politicains to get conservative votes. They were never concerned about saving lives, just controling peoples expressions of sexuality. Now the lie of
Friday night March 14, 2008 is going to stay with me for a long time. For that night my partner and I witness all to close the raw fury of nature having a major temper tantrum. About 9:30pm I settled into my new gaming chair to play my play station 2 major league baseball games.
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I know most of you have heard seen this many, many times over the last week…but it bears viewing again. For this is a clear picture of a person stating lies under the cover of Christian belief as if it were fact. It is sickening, vile and disgusting. There have been thousands of responses to
From Romans 1 to 1 Corinthians, GLBT people are told that the New Testament is a source of condemnation of their very lives. When people quote Bible verses against GLBT people, these two verses are most often used from the New Testament. Our second part of the Homosexuality and the Bible teleseminar series has been
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We have just gone through an awful couple of weeks. There was a mass shooting at a mall in the Chicago area and then at a University in Illinois another mass shooting. If that were not enough a 15 year old boy was shot in the head and killed by a 14 year old boy
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We have begun the 6 week journey of reflection and introspection ofourselves that leads to the Easter experience. I was reflecting on what to write when I recieved an e-mail that caught my attention. I belong to a gay clery list serve and one of the members shared somethoughts concerning this Church season. I thought
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