Well it certainly has been an interesting few weeks. First after a community meeting to find some common ground as to how to handle a belligerent homophobe in the Georgia State House, I was told point blank that I had no clue as to how to get things done with legislators. I was also told […]
Acceptance Strategy. Ain’t It Grand? Read More »
We know the LGBTQIA community has made a great deal of progress over the 40 plus years. This progress has come about because for the most part the community as a whole has stepped far out of the closet into the every day world. There is no place one can go and not find well-adjusted
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Saturday 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. Those who take a moment and remember on this day will find themselves swinging between tears
I have got to say there is nothing worse than finding one’s self on the wrong end of a gospel story. A few days ago, when the news of Bishop Jim Swilley the founding pastor of “The Church in the Now” got out that he had come out, I was not particularly kind. One my
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When I was a 13, during the month of January 1968 I wrote a paper for my 8th grade English class on why Dr. Martin Luther King was my hero. No big deal one would think except I was a white kid in an all white school. As any one who reads my blog with
You Are God’s Child and You Are Not A Mistake! Read More »
For those who have watched the “Godfather” trilogy starring Al Pacino among many stars as Michael Corleone as the head of a powerful crime family will recognize the intensity of my quote to start this blog. Michael throughout the movies is portrayed as the good son, who is attempting to take the family business and
I guess it has been about 2 years since the Rev. Al Sharpton stood in the pulpit of Tabernacle Baptist church and gave this little gem concerning black clergy and the church: “They preach homophobia from their pulpits Sunday morning and cruise the parks at night!” I also remember after that service was over; this
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As I sit here writing this blog, I cannot help but feel the intense emotion of pride for our LGBTQ community. Sometimes we mess up and get ourselves over reactive to situations brought to our community. Yet, not this time…this time we did it correctly. This time we allowed our enemies to put their sizable
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Rev. Eugene H. Peterson, who is a “Professor Emeritus” of Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver B.C. is the author of one of newer translations of the Bible called “The Message”, the Bible in contemporary language. In his introduction to the Old Testament book of Amos he writes: “More people are exploited and abused
What a Dog Can Teach Us About the Best Antidote to Fear Ever Read More »
The “National Organization for Marriage”: Protecting Marriage and the Faith Communities that Sustain It. They will be in Atlanta in early August to attempt through slick lies and fear mongering convince the people of Georgia by allowing our community to get married it will be the end of the world and the precious institution will
Look Up in the Sky… It’s a Bird… No a plane… No it’s… Read More »