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
I count myself and many of my friends among those who were joyful and grateful at the historic outcome of the recent presidential elections. All of us (some LGBT and some heterosexual) had been a shade discouraged and felt somewhat depressed over the events of
Did you know that there is a Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing? On Thursday, January 8, the Institute, together with Union Theological Seminary in New York, issued a fifty-two page report, which is a call for North American Theological Seminaries to offer
Believe me, it would never happen, but my good friend, Don Charles, who blogs at “Christ The Gay Martyr”, asked me to write what I would say if I were in the place of Bishop Gene Robinson and was asked to give a prayer at
Editor: I am so grateful and blessed to have found this site. I am reading Candace Chellew’s book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians, and it has helped me so much. It has renewed my faith in God and encouraged
Show Me Your Ways, O Lord Cover Stories Dancing with God By Rev. Candace Chellew You know how to you make God laugh? Tell him your plans. We Got Next By Lori Heine “Show me Your ways, O Lord,” says our Scripture verse for this