Prayer of Silence
God How do I answer those who would condemn me to hell in your name and in the name of love? God How do I answer those who would support my baptism as a child of God, but not my ordination to God’s service in
Category Archives: Faith & Witness
On ‘The Silence of God’
Have you ever thought about what prompts a lot of us to pray? It’s usually when we want something really badly like a job or a date with someone special or the lottery. And if we don’t get what we ask for, we feel our
When God Is Silent
Faith means a lot of things to a lot of people and faith is what keeps me from becoming disheartened whenever the message I am waiting for isn’t readily available. I read something once that has remained with me over the years – a constant
Trusting God’s Silence
I sing a song that has the lyrics in it: ” You call in prayer to find him there, and you wonder where He went. Best remember He’s still with you for your needs to supply, just hold on to His promises and on His
Journey of Faith, Journey of Acceptance
The chapel service, like many Pentecostal services in the early 1980s, was well orchestrated, modeled after the talk show format of The PTL Club. The shiny blonde worship leader, a grad student in the school of theology, led one praise chorus after another, accompanied by
Which Faith?
I first met the woman who would become my partner as a freshman in college. She was a sophomore and lived just down the hall in the same women-only dorm. I had several high school classmates that I spent time with while Jen hung out
Discovering the Unshakable
The highest use of a shaken time is to discover the unshakable. (Harry Emerson Fosdick, A Faith for Tough Times) As GLBT Christians we live in a shaken time. As the 20th century draws to a close and a new millennium dawns, the instability of
Letting Go
You have to move out of the past and into the present before you can move into the future with confidence and hope. You might be feeling the hurts and pain of past holiday seasons. Let go of it and live today. You may regret
Y2K or Y2J?
We’ve heard a lot of talk recently about Y2K – Year Two Thousand. The second millennium since the birth of Christ is upon us (actually it occurred a few years ago but nobody noticed because of the calendar adjustments during the Renaissance). Since we like
Faith for the New Millennium
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV) The old hymn, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, which is sung in many Protestant, Pentecostal and independent churches,