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Whosoever July/August 2009
Issue Theme: Have You Still No Faith?
Featured Articles:
Jesus, Wake Up!
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
What if we have it all backward? What if it isn't Jesus asleep in the boat, but us?
My Proof of Faith: The Human God
By: Steve Pearson
As much as I wish I were like Jesus, sleeping through the storm, I fear that in practice I am a lot like Peter, who couldn't maintain his faith even when standing directly in front of Jesus.
The Faces of God
By: Lori Heine
There have even been incidences when God has worked in my life in ways in which "He" clearly took the initiative. Perhaps there have been more of those than anything else, as I frequently seem to be too dense to know what I ought to pray for.
Gay Pride: WWJD?
By: Steve Schmidt
Would Jesus go to a Gay Pride parade? You bet he would.
Trying to see beyond myself: On Dating, Being a Christian and a Single Transman
By: Lincoln Rose
... coming into myself again as a transgender man into women seems to shrink the dating pool down a lot. So much so that even thinking about it makes me feel like I'm trying to do the backstroke in a water puddle.
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Taming Our Tongues
So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the tongue - a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
James 3:5-12(NRSV)
Words have the power to heal or the power to harm. It has been the harsh and hateful words of anti-gay preachers that have caused many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to lose their faith in God and turn against religion in general. How can we, as LGBT Christians, use our words to heal the world instead of causing further harm? What are the best ways to tame our tongues, especially when we're dealing with people who use harsh and hateful words against us?
We'll explore these questions and more in the September/October 2009 issue of Whosoever. If you would like to write on this topic, or any other topic, please send an email to the editor.
Deadline: August 21, 2009
Imagine a world where the gay people are in the majority and straight people were the oppressed minority. Author and poet J.G. Woodward has imagined such a scenario in her new book "Over the Course of a Lifetime."
"Doing Time in the Homo Nomo Halfway House" that skewers ex-gay ministries. Now, he's turned his queer eye on the Bible where he sees many transgender characters.
