Over many years, ample evidence has been presented that homophobia that is linked with many clergy’s interpretation of selected Bible verses that has been enmeshed, if not fused, with their views of Christianity and “morality,” is not going to be swayed or altered by appeals
Teaching thanks: A lesson for the rest of Christianity Gratitude is an attribute we don’t seem to have been born with. Most babies don’t thank, they just demand — as loudly as possible, and with no shame. Thankfulness is learned, and it only seems to
What can clearly be referred to as a continuing epidemic, within only the past few weeks, a number of gay young men have taken their lives by all indications as a result of the unrelenting homophobic taunts, harassment, and attacks they had to endure by
“People of different faiths — or no faith — and those political objectives will seek to use the preacher not only to advance their agendas, but to get him to compromise his, which is primarily sharing a message not of this world. “Secretly recorded conversations
One of the cofounders of the antigay Family Research Council, George Rekers may well, himself, be a gay man: Antigay activist George Rekers is indeed gay, according to the male escort he hired for a 10-day trip across Europe. The escort spoke to the Miami
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
Sexuality is such a primal urge, that it manifests its energy in a variety of ways; not only in sexual activity. That energy that is part and parcel of one’s sexuality, especially when feared for all sorts of ostensibly “moral” reasons, or the fear that
There is an excellent essay titled, “The Fundamentalist Agenda,” by Davidson Loehr. Although there are parts within it with which I don’t agree, it deserves to be read in its entirety, as it gets at the root of the exclusion of all those who don’t
It might seem strange that my major intellectual influence has been Sigmund Freud. Although I don’t place much faith in his therapeutic modality, psychoanalysis, as being any more or less effective than any other therapeutic modality, particularly since it resists empirical study and possible verification
As the old hymn says, “They will know we are Christians by our love.” Jesus made clear that the way the world will know we follow Him is by the consideration we show each other. This is why constructive dialogue between Christians is so important.