My coming out days were lived out in Chicago, Illinois (1965-1982). I also came out prior to HIV/AIDS being part of our everyday lives. During my time in Chicago, the gay community was party central but also a close-knit community. Over the years I developed close friendships with a group of people that at its […]
AIDS: Still Kills, Maims and Destroys Read More »
Sunday is a day of mourning. It is not a day that is on the national calendar. In fact, with the exception of a small percentage of people in this country, this day of mourning will pass completely unnoticed. If these words I write look familiar, they are because nothing has changed since I last
If you live in Georgia the story of Shorter College and the faith statement one is required to sign is about a week old. There has been no shortage of opinions concerning this “goodie-two shoes” approach to controlling people’s lives. I guess as a private institution they can have any rule they want. With that
Taking Ownership of Our Faith Read More »
The Occupy Wall Street protest seems to have taken on a life of its own, spreading from Wall Street to many major cities and across the world. I find it amusing in an ironic way that those who supported the Tea Party folks find the Occupy Wall Street folks as repulsive. One would think both
A Pastoral Thought Read More »
Every year about this time I start having this debate in my head…do we really need “Gay Pride”? Do we really need to go all the trouble and expense of throwing what appears to be a weekend long party? Then something like this crosses my desk: A gay Tennessee couple was reportedly attacked — physically and verbally
Fear Doesn’t Live Here Read More »
The events of yesterday (the execution of Troy Davis) have unsettled me in a way I did not think was possible. Let me try to explain. A few years back there was a TV show called “In the Heat of the Night”. It was a spin-off of the movie by the same name. The TV
Leave it to the Atlanta Police Department to give me more grey hair, or something to write about or maybe just vent or maybe just bitch or make a call for action. Seems the Atlanta Police Department is in what is known in the world of sports as a prolonged slump. Generally, in major league
“To Serve and Protect”… NOT Read More »
If there is one thing that is sure as the rising or setting of the sun, it is “Christians” do not like to be called on their crap. After my last blog I have caught more then my share of grief from folks who think the “Christian Faith” is the one and only answer in
Our Spiritual Titanic Read More »
“I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” — Mahatma Gandhi Maybe it is because I am getting old and my ability to just blow things off takes more energy then I have or it may be because Mahatma Gandhi’s observation of Christianity is right on
The Church-Sponsored Terrorism They Don’t Want You to Know About Read More »
Two weeks ago the blog was about an Elephant in the room or as one editor at GA Voice called it: “Did you see the elephant in the room during the raid on the Eagle?” In case the readers missed it, the point of the blog is that homophobia was at the heart of a
Our Not-So-Secret Secret Read More »