Category Archives: Faith & Witness

Dove flying in Lisbon, Portugal

Mourning the Passing of Joan of Arcadia

Now I know I am doomed. The cancellation of the show “Joan of Arcadia” is the final straw for me. After all where will I go to enrich my mind about how God infiltrates the world today? Maybe I have just been watching too much

Friends hugging on a hike

Gracious Christianity

A man was walking across a bridge one day, and saw another man standing on the edge, about to jump off. The first man immediately ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!” “Why shouldn’t I?” he said. The man said, “Well, there’s so much

Friends hugging on a hike

Those Christians

Gracious Christianity. As I thought of the theme for this issue of Whosoever, images popped up in my mind: a former close friend who is a missionary to Togo. I say “former friend” because when I came out to her several years ago, she said,

Friends hugging on a hike

When Faith Becomes a Verb

There exists an “unwritten rule” about topics of conversation in the workplace: “Thou shalt avoid conversations concerning religion or politics, or both.” Given the “loaded issues” that are often associated with these two topics, and especially in recent years, I have (at least in the

Dove flying in Lisbon, Portugal

Dear Dr. Dobson

This letter was read as the opening for the May 2, 2005 Soulforce Colorado Springs Action against James Dobson & Focus on the Family. Sometimes a life is a prayer. Seven weeks ago, at this moment only a few miles from here, my 58-year-old friend

LOVE Scrabble letters on bible

Out of the Shadows

It was three years ago and I was a freshman at Earlham College, a Quaker liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. Like every other freshman, I had mixed feelings of excitement about all the new people, clubs, and the independence, as well as a little

Pride celebration

Gay Pride 101

The LAGGP (Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade) is an experience that no one should miss. It’s kind of like that old saying, “See Paris and die.” Well folks I guess I can check out now, I have seen Paris – Paris Hilton – and almost

Dove flying in Lisbon, Portugal

Don’t Ignore Me

Please don’t ignore me. I am here, and I am a part of the human race, but most people don’t know what to do with me, nor do they understand who I am. You see, I am asexual. Now, I admit, I’m not discriminated against.

Polling station

The Words in Red

I recall a great conversation I had once with someone who was, like me, a very spiritual person but not really a “religious” person. This was a long time ago when I might not yet have considered myself a Christian, but I was seeking to