First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, Iowa One of the questions that came up recently in the high school ethics class was “What is the relationship between spirituality and sexuality?” This question wasn’t the first one that challenged me in that class… I thought that
Abundant Grace Community Church of Atlanta, Ga. Reading for the 24th Sunday after Pentecost: And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and the best seats in
Being bisexual does not mean equal attraction to both sexes, which is the first misconception of bisexuality. While you do have a preference for one sex, you recognize your attraction for the other. This is also called “dual attraction.” Among the many misconceptions individuals have
Nobody likes to be wrong. Being wrong means we have put our faith in the wrong things, believed the wrong information, maybe even been intentionally misled. Being proved wrong is no fun, and makes us question our intelligence, and makes us less trusting of future
A Groundswell of Gay Spirituality “Being gay is not an accident . . . it is a calling.” I read these words and quietly gasped with joy. I was on the train to New York City passing the time by reading M.R. Ritley’s God’s Gay
Young author challenges historian Boswell’s conclusions Since John Boswell’s Christmas Eve death to AIDS in 1994, no one has risen to fill his position as the foremost scholar on the history of lesbian and gay Christianity. Mark Jordan may be one candidate to fill that
As answered by a gay Christian biologist I have written this for those whose guilt has been etched deeply by the official positions of various Christian denominations as well as for those whose pain has been exacerbated by the unkindnesses shown to them through the
“Choice” — and how both gay and religious leaders perceive it — is a key word in today’s noisy national debate about gay rights. The issue focuses on the American Psychological Association’s quandary on how it can offer “reparative” therapy to gay people without seeming
Webster describes a label as “a descriptive or identifying word or phrase, a brand.” We brand things and people everyday. One of my favorite pastimes is to go to the park or mall and people-watch. It’s a cornucopia of labeling. There goes a fat person,
“We shall overcome…” Whenever I hear or sing those words, a chill runs down my spine. As I grew up in the South, I never really understood the significance of this song to African-Americans but I knew they were an expression of their frustration and