Summer Camp, Only Different
Like most kids, I went to camp. Unlike most other kids, I only went once. I hated camp with a passion. My one and only experience was at Camp Pinnacle – a Christian camp in Clayton, Georgia. I was one of a herd of
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‘Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More’ by Kittredge Cherry
New book shows gay Jesus and female Christ Art that shows Jesus as gay or female has been censored, but now these stunning images by 11 artists fill a beautifully illustrated new art book. Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More by Kittredge
Grow Up! One Easy Step to Continual Growth and Inner Peace
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 12:20-33 Lest anyone believe the incredible notion that pastors are somehow perfect and have the secret to life, the universe and everything all figured out, let me begin by shattering that notion.
By Whose Definition?
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26 Back in 1998, a well known politician made a bizarre statement. Now, I know that’s not anything unusual, and I would only have to look
Jesus Is Coming, Look Busy
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Revelation 21: 1-4 Sometime last year I arrived at the salon where I get my hair cut and sat down right in the middle of a sticky theological predicament. That’s not something
The Seed Rejoices
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they
‘Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches’ by Horace L. Griffin | Review
Controversial new book tackles Black church homophobia Attempting to break “hundreds of years of silence,” a new, controversial book argues that pervasive homophobia in the historically black church has reached “crisis” proportion. “The black church’s teaching that homosexuality is immoral has created a crisis for
God Has Never Disappointed You
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings: Psalm 139:7-12, Matthew 6:25-34 Back in the early 1990s I hosted a radio talk show in Gainesville, Georgia. Each year we had to do our shows on location at one of the local festivals called
Creating Sacred Cyberspace
I invite you all to come with me now to a sacred place. The room is large, the ceilings are high, dotted with recessed lighting – turned down low. The room is overlooked by a balcony, full of people greeting one another, smiling and laughing
‘Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church’ by Jack Rogers | Review
Listen to the podcast interview When Jack Rogers hears someone talk about the “gay lifestyle” he thinks of Playboy millionaire Hugh Hefner. “Hugh Hefner lives in a mansion with a lot of pretty women with whom he can have sex. His is a life of