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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
At the vital center of the Christian life is this divine-human encounter, this direct access of the soul to God, from which inward re-enforcement comes, and with it confidence that whether in personal living or in social tasks adequate power is available. So Ezekiel, exiled
It’s funny, sometimes, how that old statement that I have been hearing all of my life, “God never gives us more than we can handle”, seems to resurface over and over again at times in my life. Even even more astounding is how when it
It’s really amazing the energy and fervour with which our community is attacked for our faith. What is more amazing is that, after all these years, we still hear these strident voices. Usually we manage to shut out particular frequencies to which we are subjected