A Letter to Louise
Read the rest of the series INTRODUCTION I have been asked if Louise is real. Yes, and this was a real letter to her. Shortly after I had gone to my first pastorate out of the seminary, Louise invited my wife, Anna Marie, and me
Category Archives: Letters
Letter to Lynchburg Friends
Note: This letter is addressed to the couple Mr. Herzog met while taking part in the Soulforce action in Lynchburg when 200 GLBT Christians met with Rev. Jerry Falwell. His friends asked him several questions, including: Do you believe the bible is the inerrant WORD
An Open Letter to Homophobic Christian Parents
I am not your daughter or your son. But if you are a Christian with a lesbian daughter or a gay son, and if you’ve allowed yourself to be spoon-fed the typical, traditional condemning rhetoric about homosexuality, I can probably speak for her or him.
Dear God, Please Forgive Me for Not Being Gay
An Open Letter to God Dear God, Please forgive me for not being gay. I promise I won’t do it again, ever. You remember for sure the first time I asked Your forgiveness at the age of thirteen. Having discovered the joys of masturbation I
A Letter of Love to the Rev. Fred Phelps
Dear Fred, May the peace of Jesus Christ be with you always. Your work in the name of the God of Love and Life begs me to ask you if there is more than one God in the Christian tradition? As I reflect on your
An Open Letter to Gay and Lesbian Christians (And to All People of Good Will)
A word or two about how this work came to be written. As part of a class on the Christian Scriptures, we were asked to write a letter, in the style of St. Paul, to a group within the People of God with whom we
A Letter From God
My Dear Children (and believe me, that’s all of you), I consider myself a pretty patient guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right. And about evolution? Boy, nothing is slower than designing that whole Darwinian
Putting on God’s Armor: An Introduction to Spiritual Self-Defense
… take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet
An Editor Gives Thanks
Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) I don’t have time to write this! I’m crashing in the last few minutes of October 31st to get this new issue onto the web. Stopping to be thankful has been hard. I’ve
Ex-Gay Ministries: Deception As Cure
“At New Hope Ministries we do not attempt to make heterosexuals out of homosexuals. Rather, we attempt to change a person’s identity, the way a person looks at himself.” These are the words of Frank Worthen, a leader in the world of ex-gay ministries. It