I was told recently by a parent figure that I was a lousy Christian. At first I was offended and thought that perhaps this person didn’t have the depth or wisdom to understand what I was saying. Then as I thought it over, I realized
The chapel service, like many Pentecostal services in the early 1980s, was well orchestrated, modeled after the talk show format of The PTL Club. The shiny blonde worship leader, a grad student in the school of theology, led one praise chorus after another, accompanied by
I first met the woman who would become my partner as a freshman in college. She was a sophomore and lived just down the hall in the same women-only dorm. I had several high school classmates that I spent time with while Jen hung out
Read the rest of the series I remember two things about my first day of school. The first is this cockiness I had about going to school. I didn’t start school with kindergarten, like most kids my age. At that time, at least in Giddings,
INTRODUCTION Beloved brothers and sisters, The proceeding proclamation is a reflection of my intense desire to please God. I do not know how my church leaders will respond, nor do I know what consequences lay ahead for me. I only know that I have followed
First, let me say, that I am gay. I am out at work, to family, and friends. I am not an ancient, decrepit, old man. Nor am I young. I am 42. I was born in Gary, Indiana, in 1957 to Robert Don (Sr.) and
Read the rest of the series But Daru had been born here. Everywhere else, he felt exiled. (Albert Camus, The Guest) I have a pet peeve. I like to call it “middle-class, white boy angst.” Characteristic of this blight on American culture is a whiny
When I was a child, growing up in a fairly strict home that centered around Lutheran fundamentalism, one of the most punishing things that I remember hearing from either Mom or Dad, in terms of correction, was the phrase, “Shame on you.” In my memory,
U. S. Roman Catholic bishops first published a pastoral letter to parents of homosexual children in December 1997. In Argentina, however, our Catholic leaders have provided no such document to guide and orient us regarding God’s gift of sexuality. When I first read the document
Salvation is arguably the greatest gift God can bestow on a person. It is the testimony of many Christians that nothing in the world can ever compare to accepting and proclaiming the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. Many of