At the vital center of the Christian life is this divine-human encounter, this direct access of the soul to God, from which inward re-enforcement comes, and with it confidence that whether in personal living or in social tasks adequate power is available. So Ezekiel, exiled
The mainstream church is not an especially comfortable place to be these days. In almost every denomination, disagreements, and outright fights, are taking place over the acceptance or role of GLBT Christians in the life of congregations. Whether it’s Methodists putting pastors like Jimmy Creech
As I walked out of the movie theatre recently with a friend he turned to me and asked, “So, how did you like the movie?” We had just seen the new Star Wars movie and though I had enjoyed the spectacular special effects, I was
Emily Ramsey’s Story I’m a 22 year old woman, both a Christian, and a lesbian. I became a Christian when I was about 7 years old, and grew up in the church. I was home-schooled, and attended a private Christian school at my church. When
Freeing the Bible from fear Most GLBT people are afraid of the Bible. Who can blame them? For probably as long as they can remember they’ve been told this book — that is the inerrant Word of the Almighty God, mind you — in no
As children, we all wanted to hear a story before going to bed. Hearing the words read to us in our mother or father’s soothing voice was just what we needed to drift off to sleep. Dr. Richard Rossiter hopes his story is one that
If you only get your news through the mainstream media, you probably believe that organized, mainstream religion has only one belief about homosexuality: It’s a sin … period. Often the most common faces you see representing Christianity are those of Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson.
Several years have passed, but just thinking about an event with a past landlord can still set my blood to boiling. He sued my ex and me for “damages” to an apartment we left. We suspected he inflicted the “damage” himself so he could make
When Rembert Truluck gave up his temptation to be God, he found an abundance of blessings waiting for him. The biggest blessing was the gift of time. Time enough to finish a book that had been in the works since 1988, and time enough to
… put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:8-9) A critic of Whosoever wrote to me recently