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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

GEORGE W BUSH We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either against us or for us. There is no middle ground here.

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Episcopal Guy Joins the Village People

For the first time in their three decades of existence, the disco band The Village People have inducted an openly Episcopal man, igniting a controversy that threatens to tear the fabled group asunder. In a recent press conference, The Construction Worker, a prominent member of

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Letters to the Editor

Editor: Wow, what a powerful article. I have considered myself a straight, married, conservative, evangelical Christian for over 40 years. However, in the last year, I have become increasingly ashamed of conservatives and evangelicals. I am ashamed of our flaming nostril gay bashing. I am

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Footprints, Revisited

One night I had a wondrous dream, One set of footprints there was seen, The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, “What have we here?” Those prints are

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Letters to the Editor

Editor: Thank you for [Candace Chellew’s article] A Seal Upon My Heart. This describes my relationship with my life partner and it helps to validate my belief that it is LOVE that matters. Love is the panacea of life for Love is God. I would

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Letters to the Editor

Editor: Thanks so much for this great magazine. I’m a Christian, though heterosexual, but my cousin is a lesbian and I think it was a divine email that I just happened to get your newsletter. I’ve been looking for some way to introduce her to

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How Faiths Fight Fires

Recently, just as an ecumenical gathering was commencing, a secretary rushed in shouting, “The building is on fire!” The Methodists gathered in a corner and prayed. The Baptists cried, “Where is the water?” The Quakers quietly praised God for blessings that fire brings. The Lutherans

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The Lying Contest

A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and

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Letters to the Editor

Editor: I am someone who has just come across Whosoever, and am just writing to thank you. Having read only relatively little of the e-mag I already have taken from it much comfort, not only comfort but fortitude to deal with feelings of ill against

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Good News/Bad News for Ministers

Good News: You baptized seven people today in the river. Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current. Good News: The Women’s Guild voted to send you a get-well card. Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. Good News: The Elder Board