Listen to the podcast interview I first saw Jay Bakker when he spoke at a conference held by the Gay Christian Network in Washington, D.C., in 2007. At that time, it was a big deal for Jay to be speaking before a crowd of gays
Read the related article Jay Bakker is the son of famous television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. He grew up on the PTL (Praise The Lord) Club, and he suffered terribly when his parents’ empire fell. Turning to drugs and partying eased the pain
“(Jesus) sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said
It is certainly timely and appropriate, particularly highlighted by the Equality March that occurred on October 11, 2009, to honor those who are sinfully demonized and, in one way or another, assaulted by those clergy and others who commit the cardinal sin recorded in the
The Norman Rockwell-style American Thanksgiving is a feast of mythology about pilgrims and Indians sitting down like buddies giving thanks to the Christian god for a successful harvest. Add the picture of the perfect American family, every member home for the holiday, sitting down together
Garden of Grace United Church of Christ, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost: Psalm 104, Mark 10:35-45 Bob Dylan was born May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minn., as Robert Allan Zimmerman. He formed several bands as a teenager, but was discovered in
More than a scapegoat I predict that the title of Theodore W. Jennings Jr’s book The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament will make readers mad, sad or glad to borrow a phrase from a pastor I once knew. Unless you’re one
In his book, In Our Time, Eric Hoffer, who was an excellent philosopher, was self-educated, blind for the first fifteen years of his life, and became a migrant worker and then a longshoreman, wrote the following: In the alchemy of man’s soul almost all noble
I believe in the power of cosmic justice. My problem is, I just don’t get to see it often enough. Once, I moved out of the left lane to let the guy tailgating me so closely I could not even see his headlights, let alone
My book, Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians has been de-ranked by Amazon. Apparently, Amazon has decided that gay and lesbian books are “offensive” and are “adult” material and they don’t want them turning up in searches and offending anyone