Whosoever September/October 2010
Issue Theme: Growing in God
Below are just some of the great articles in the latest issue.
Go to the Table of Contents for more!
Featured Articles:
Disqualified!
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
Do not let anyone disqualify you - especially those who try to scare you away from God. Instead, let us refuse to play their zero-sum game and counter their fear with love.
The Only One Who Has the Right to Throw Stones at You Chose Not To
By: Steve Schmidt
"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."
"Pay the Toll to the Troll!"
By: Lori Heine
"Pay the toll to the troll - and pay it with your very soul." But those who make such demands, though they claim to speak for God, speak actually for no one but themselves and those who, like them, are consumed by hate and fear.
Food by the Wayside
By: Rev. Vera I. Borne
Make no mistake - nothing we can say or do can cause either God's Grace or Love to be withdrawn from our lives. Nothing any person or any church can say can negate the fact that God calls each of us "Beloved."
A Momentary Parental Revelation
By: Rev. David R. Gillespie
My Father knows my heart, my constitution. He knows I love a man and I'm convinced, by Scripture and experience, that he blesses that love. In this God's fatherhood is different from Ray's.
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Thanks and Giving
One person gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what they should give, and only suffers want.
- Proverbs 11:24
Don't look now, but it's almost the season for giving and receiving. As we approach Thanksgiving and then Christmas, let us reflect on "thanks" and "giving." These two words are connected one day of the year, but how can we celebrate both "thanks" and "giving" in our lives every day?
What does it mean for you to be thankful? How does that thankfulness fuel your giving? Can you be thankful without giving? Can you be giving without being thankful? How has your life been enriched by being thankful and/or giving?
We'll explore this topic and more in the November/December 2010 issue of Whosoever. If you would like to write on this topic, or any other topic, please send an email to the editor.
Deadline: October 29, 2010
Whosoever Podcast
It's not everyday that a book comes along that literally saves your life, but Dr. Jack Rogers says he's heard that comment more than once about his book Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Revised and Expanded Edition: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church. A new expanded and revised version of the book has been released and we'll check in with Dr. Rogers on what's new in this extraordinary book.
Also, back in August, I got married. My partner and I went to Canada to tie the knot legally. I'll give you my thoughts on the spiritual experience I had standing in line at city hall.
Whosoever News Blog
Keep up with the latest news happening in between issues of Whosoever with the new Whosoever News Blog. A team of bloggers is keeping up with news on marriage equality, movements within the church toward acceptance of LGBT people, and anything else that affects our lives as LGBT Christians. Check it out - and be sure to join the conversation in the comment sections!
