Biblical literalism shouldn’t trump message of love As published in Creative Loafing I’m a 62-year-old conservative Christian Republican who has slowly but steadily come to the awareness that gay rights and lifestyle probably aren’t near the threat to life on earth that so many of my ilk seem to believe. Please know that we don’t […]
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Dear Eternal Mother (or Father),How does your peaceableness manifestIn sentiment, thought, deed, and spoken word?Across these aspects of existenceWhich peace-building arts would you instructMe in? A person’s haste I recompenseWith deference, a person’s anger IToil to reward with calm compassion.Yet, how shall I respond to arrogance,Cold ridicule, or power-lust-propelledBrutality? (Any suggestions here? I’m not quite
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By definition love is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love is a concept that everyone knows about. How would you feel if all of a sudden your right to love was taken away? Empty? Alone? This is how approximately 8.8 million people feel all the time. Gay marriage is a touchy subject
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Let me ask you a question… wouldn’t you agree that within the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities there has always been a fascination with the movie “The Wizard of Oz”? This Halloween many queer folks will dress up as their favorite character (and it’s not always Dorothy.) As a matter of fact, a phrase
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Come! Let us walk in the light of God! In this way the prophet Isaiah encouraged the Jewish nation thousands of years ago to find the light of God’s love and to claim it and to walk in it. Today we mark two occasions that require us, too, to walk in the light of God.
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There was a business consultant who decided to landscape his grounds. He hired a woman with a doctorate in horticulture who was extremely knowledgeable. Because the business consultant was very busy and traveled a lot, he kept emphasizing to her the need to create his garden in a way that would require little or no
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Before I came to Gentle Spirit Christian Church, I spent a few months church shopping. My criterion for a good church was a place that I would feel totally comfortable. “I’ll know it when I see it,” I told myself. I visited many churches around this area, both mainstream and predominantly gay and lesbian. I
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Better heresy of doctrine than heresy of heart. — John Greenleaf Whittier Thomas Carlyle said, “A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.” On this point I believe Jesus and Carlyle are in agreement. Jesus told his disciples that “what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart.” If our hearts are not
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