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
Category Archives: Faith & Witness
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,
I Have a Plan for You
We move into the new millennium just as we make any quantum step into the unknown, secure in our knowledge of God’s abiding and encompassing presence. In the midst of the unanswered questions and uncertainties our spirits thrill to hear God’s words, “I know the
Beyond Definition
I usually write an article every issue of “Whosoever”, because I know that this is one of the few places where I can express myself as a bisexual Christian without fear of condemnation and judgment, and I know that there are many other bisexuals who
A Walk With Joseph
Faith in the year 2000 will be very much like faith in the year 1999. It’s a progressive walk with our God as we personally understand and conceptualize Him or Her. One man’s walk with God is worth examining as it parallels our own complexities
Toward a Lambda Theology
Leaves of Grass was published on July 4, 1855. In other words, the year 2005 will mark the passage of precisely one century and a half since the roofs — not to mention the church steeples — of the world were first shaken by a
With Feeling / Three: Learning on a Nervous Stomach
Read the rest of the series I remember two things about my first day of school. The first is this cockiness I had about going to school. I didn’t start school with kindergarten, like most kids my age. At that time, at least in Giddings,
Manifesto to the Pharisees
INTRODUCTION Beloved brothers and sisters, The proceeding proclamation is a reflection of my intense desire to please God. I do not know how my church leaders will respond, nor do I know what consequences lay ahead for me. I only know that I have followed
Morality Matters
First, let me say, that I am gay. I am out at work, to family, and friends. I am not an ancient, decrepit, old man. Nor am I young. I am 42. I was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1957 to Robert Don (Sr.) and