News release After almost 40 years, Exodus International has closed its doors. It was the oldest Christian services organization of its type and the market leader in reparative/ex-gay/sexual orientation change therapy. Soulforce, an interfaith organization that works to free lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer
I woke up in a Memphis, Tenn., economy hotel with nothing but my wallet, a pack of Marlboros, and some clothes that were tossed carelessly over a chair. The morning sun peeked through the crack in the curtain and specks of dust hovered in the
A world where you and I belong Where faith and love will keep us strong Exactly who we are is just enough There’s a place for us — Carrie Underwood, “There’s A Place For Us” I have to admit, my personal taste in music is
Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?” When Jesus heard this, he
Being God’s People Cover Stories The Law and How to Love It By Rev. Candace Chellew Jeremiah holds good news for LGBT believers — we are God’s people, with God’s law of love written deep in our hearts. Coming-Out-to-Shawnee Syndrome By Lori Heine That crowd
I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jeremiah 31:33) LAW. It’s amazing how three little letters strung together can cause such consternation, and perhaps utter
As most of us know, coming out of the closet is not a single event, but a process. Sometimes it can be a very lengthy one. We may hem and haw, dreading taking that crucial step with people whose good opinion matters to us. They
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. “Light up the darkness.” ~Bob Marley A good friend of mine recently posted a video link on Facebook. In the video,
I have at times, as I am certain a great many others have, speculated on what it would be like to be able to travel back in time and confront myself when I was younger, and speak to the person who I was at that
Poll after poll has found that the Catholic papacy is out-of-step with its increasingly shrinking U.S. flock. On the topic of abortion, 55% of U.S. Catholics do not want the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision overturned, 67% favor pre-marital sex, 71% approve of divorce,