The ex-gay fraud In his book A Strong Delusion: Confronting the Gay Christian Movement, Joe Dallas distorts and misrepresents everything that Gay and Lesbian Christians have accomplished in the past 30 years. The book is a clearly self-serving attempt to justify and promote the methods
Battling for the heart of Christianity Rejoice gays and lesbians! Bishop John Shelby Spong says our battle has been won already. Bishop Spong’s critics often lambaste him for making statements they find outrageous, and when he told me during a recent interview that our battle
Human authenticity: The key to spirituality When Daniel Helminiak wrote What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, he had several goals in mind. “I wanted a book that would be short, inexpensive, easily accessible and would put out information that would counter what’s coming out
Here are some books that our readers are recommending. From L. Louise: Stranger at the Gate, by Mel White Stranger at the Gate is a fascinating tale of one man’s struggle for religious freedom. Rev. Mel White was a pastor, teacher and writer. He wrote
To believe, as a Christian is not primarily to assent to propositions of the Christian creed: primarily, to believe is to entrust our whole being to God. (G.W. Hughes 1985) Demanding words for spiritual seekers Just as any book is read different people will arrive
My love affair with books began long before I could read. I remember carrying around a particular book as a child. I could not make out a word of it, but I liked the look and feel of the book in my hands. I liked
By their fruitiness shall ye know them Amazing Grace: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Faith Malcolm Boyd and Nancy Wilson, eds. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1991. A collection of autobiographical writings by lesbian/gay Christians. This one stands out for several reasons. First, it is ecumenical,
Three years ago when my partner left me and I began to sink into a fog of self-pity and remorse, my good friend Rev. Carolyn Mobley, Associate Pastor of MCC of the Resurrection in Houston, Texas, recommend that I should read a very special book
Stories of faith As a child my faith was constantly bolstered by stories, both fiction and non-fiction, of those whose lives had been touched by Jesus. The Man Born To Be King a play-cycle on the life of Jesus written by Dorothy Sayers and presented
One book gives some insight A new book published by Fortress Press of Minneapolis has caught my attention and stimulated my imagination. Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith by Douglas John Hall. In a series of imagined conversations with a Generation-X person,