Editor I enjoyed Lori Heine’s article “Ready Aim Fire” about the accessibility of heaven for all. It reminded me of a very good point Dr. Bob Lowery made during a sermon. “Would God forgive Osama Bin Ladin? You’d better hope so.” The implication in the
United Church of Christ 50th Anniversary General Synod, Hartford, Conn. It is an enormous privilege to be with you today. I am grateful to the planning committee for its invitation to share with you my thoughts on where – God being our helper – I
Read related articles The twelfth podcast, or “Godcast” from Whosoever: An Online Magazine for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Christians, features a wrap-up of the Soulforce Equality Ride with Jarrett Lucas, the co-director of the East bus.
Feature Stories I Don’t Understand Fundamentalists By Rev. Candace Chellew I wish I did. It would make things a whole lot easier. If I understood them, I’d know how to talk to them, how to convince them that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of
Listen to the podcast episode I don’t understand fundamentalists. I wish I did. It would make things a whole lot easier. If I understood them, I’d know how to talk to them, how to convince them that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith
In my city and perhaps most others, there are many churches that have no official policy of being welcoming to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. The general assumption, in the GLBT community, is that if we’re not issued an “official” welcome, that means that
Talk about an instance of what seems to be the worst possible timing! Just before the time that Easter, and the time when one of the key events in the Bible is said to have happened and believed by many Christians to have happened (the
A part of Marxist theory contains the concept of “false consciousness!” It’s “ a failure to recognize the instruments of one’s oppression or exploitation as one’s own creation, as when members of an oppressed class unwittingly adopt views of the oppressor class.” (Answers.com) “Where members of
When I went to seminary to prepare for the ministry I looked at all those charming young men and women and decided that if I had been God there were several of them that I wouldn’t have called to be ministers under any circumstances. Two
The following is a compilation of some of my remarks regarding “Christianity and same-sex love that I made on a few blogs, one of which is my own titled, “A Christian Voice For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Rights,” located at www.christianlgbtrights.org. I thought you