There was a time when I thought a clean heart and a right spirit meant denying my sexuality and gender ambiguity. That was my understanding of it. But that was not God’s understanding of it for me. In a strange way God can draw straight
I know right out of the starting blocks that this article is going to offend a great many people, but I feel very strongly that many LGBT people are seriously sabotaging the cause for full and equal civil rights by referring to themselves by the
“The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” -Leviticus 19:34 The whole 19th chapter of Leviticus
“ where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (2 Corinthians 3:17) Perhaps the best, most generic definition of “fascism” was stated by Laura Dawn Lewis in a piece that I found on the Internet. She states: “The most notable characteristic of a fascist
Freedom Cover Stories The Paradox of Freedom By Rev. Candace Chellew It’s a paradox — we think we want freedom so we can do anything we please — but when we put God first in our lives, those pleasing things of the world don’t seem
“I am the Decider” (King George the Last) “To be, or not to be? That is the question.” (Prince Hamlet) “You will know the truth. And the truth will make you free.” (John 8:32) “I AM WHO I AM”…”Let my people go, so that they
For many years I’ve been deeply concerned with, and fought against, the savage oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (hitherto referred to as LGBT) people in our society that claims to be “the land of the free.” The discrepancy between our “real culture” (what,
Ignorance – Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines ignorance as a lack of knowledge, education, or awareness. I agree with the definition, but it sounds benign. Ignorance is anything but! As we all know, it’s the root of horrendous injustices. It makes pastors, imams and rabbis deny us
This Little Light of Mine Cover Stories Strike a Match By Rev. Candace Chellew To let our light truly shine, we must we must come out. If we are going to change the framing story about GLBT people, we must tell our stories.
You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide