Every day during one of my less favorite times of the day-my commute to the office-it is a fairly regular occurrence. I don’t have a multitude of pet peeves, or factors which cause me to become easily frustrated and anxious, but at the pinnacle of
Congregations that have undertaken formalized efforts to welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) members are more active in social justice, more comfortable addressing sexuality issues and less concerned that LGBT advocacy will reduce membership, according to two national surveys released today. The surveys –
As more revelations of U.S. torture methods — approved at the highest levels of our government — are revealed to us, the complicity of Christians is perhaps especially appalling. Detainees from the Middle East, suspected of being terrorists, have been held in prison camps —
It’s tough in so many ways to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, but add being a Christian to the mix and suddenly you’re a minority in a minority. Now take your LGBT Christian self and plop down in some rural community. It doesn’t matter
This is good news for the whole GLBT community! Harry is a faithful and compassionate man. WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, announced today that HRC Foundation Religion and Faith Director Harry Knox
My, don’t we get odd about personal boundaries! The first African-American First Lady put her arm around the Queen, during last week’s presidential visit to Great Britain, and people went into spasms. Would the same brouhaha have ensued had Michelle Obama been White? I may
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent: Psalm 107:1-15, John 3:14-21 This morning’s song comes from folk singer David Wilcox. The singer/songwriter is a native of Ohio, but now lives in Asheville, North Carolina. This song
Imagine a world where the gay people are in the majority and straight people were the oppressed minority. Author and poet J.G. Woodward has imagined such a scenario in her new book Over the Course of a Lifetime. Playwright and actor Peterson Toscano is famous
He Is Risen! Cover Stories Serving the “Why Not?” God By Rev. Candace Chellew We serve a “Why not?” God. This is a God that is very much alive — a God that can overcome any grave we put Her in — a God that
“There are more things in heaven and earth,” Hamlet tells his friend Horatio, “than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” About the details of the final judgment, C.S. Lewis simply stated: “There will be surprises.” The underlying promise of the Resurrection is this promise of