A Pastoral Message On The Occasion of the 30th Anniversary of UFMCC Dear Saints: This has been a powerful week in my personal life. On October 6th, we observed the 30th anniversary of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. I’ve replayed the events of
Human authenticity: The key to spirituality When Daniel Helminiak wrote What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, he had several goals in mind. “I wanted a book that would be short, inexpensive, easily accessible and would put out information that would counter what’s coming out
Battling for the heart of Christianity Rejoice gays and lesbians! Bishop John Shelby Spong says our battle has been won already. Bishop Spong’s critics often lambaste him for making statements they find outrageous, and when he told me during a recent interview that our battle
As you know, the House Republicans are bragging on their Web site that they killed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Now consider these recent events: * A lesbian college student was attacked in Minnesota, after attending a vigil for Matthew Shepard, by two men, one
The death of Matthew Shepard was truly despicable and one that will live with us for a very long time. Matthew’s death hit me very hard. Over the weekend of October 11, 1998 I had written a card to Matthew sharing with him that my
“God made women especially sensitive to their children,” said the voice on the radio. “They are able to nurture them in a way that men often can’t. When a child has been hurt and needs to be comforted, it usually wants to go to its
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Christmas is celebrated traditionally by giving. As we remember the story of those gifts the Magi brought for the infant Jesus which spoke of his future as high priest, saviour and eternal ruler, we give of our resources to those for whom
The past few years have been a particularly challenging and stimulating time for me, and one of the most exciting aspects of this dynamic period in my life has been my growing interest in spiritual matters. Having experienced a period of early cynicism, I have
The only way I could come to know God again, after being in the wilderness for 22 years, was to go back to God at the point of hurt and recreate the scene and resolve it in the exact style of worship that I had
Many people ask what I know about the berdache — that sacred person in the native world who is said to be “Two-Spirited” — both female and male. The questioners have read my novel One Is the Sun, which is a historical novel about 19th-century native