I just finished reading some reviews from Exodus International. For those who do not know, this organization is the largest ex-gay ministry on earth and claims to have a wonderful success rate. The truth is that many neutral scientific organizations from small ones, to huge
If I have chosen to air some silences in the church’s closet, it is to create room for open dialogue on Christian normalisations and how these normalisations disempower particular groups of Christians. I intimate that silence is the act in which particular members of the
What Christianity offers to all is the availability to share in the life of Christ. God already lives within us. I find that God is in all of us but many do not acknowledge that presence. What God wants from us is the invitation and
I’m sitting here in the coffee shop at Books-A-Million trying to write a sermon on, of all things, the second coming of Christ because the passage given by the lectionary references that topic. I like writing here. There are enough people around to provide some
As soon as the word spread, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. (2 Chronicles 31:5) A young preacher, fresh
There’s an old cliche saying that I still hear all the time: “Do you see the cup as half empty, of half full?” which is generally intended to determine one’s outlook on life as being negative or positive; those who determine the cup to be
There are many ways to think about allowing abundance, about asking and receiving the harvest. One can think about it in ecclesial terms: churches, faith communities, and movements ask their members to give generously from their abundance of talents and finances in order to support
And then Jesus said, “Truly I tell you this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” (Luke
Giving. It’s a simple enough concept. We pay our bills, run our errands, and live our lives. Then on Sunday, we give whatever time, energy and money we have left over – and don’t feel we need – to God’s work. That makes us good
Read the rest of the series The next step in survival is to gather your equipment. Later on in other chapters we will talk about some of the non-conventional weapons that God uses to fight this war, but make no mistake about it this is