Listen to the podcast interview Judgmental, hypocritical and anti-gay. Those are the top three terms used to describe the Christian church by young people in a recent Barna Group survey. Soulforce is working this year to change those attitudes about Christianity with several events, including
Decades ago an Atlantic editor suggested an idea for an article which I somehow failed to produce. I recall him saying that the magazine rarely covered religion, but when it did, as it had in a recent feature article, it quickened an enormous response. Today,
Over the decade I’ve been out as a lesbian, I have learned a great deal about evangelical Christians. Most of what Ive learned thats proven to be worthwhile, thats proven to be trustworthy, Ive learned from my own, personal experience. Stereotypes and groupthink have proven
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12) he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isaiah 5:7) Many years ago, I was asked by the then-pastor of
October 9, 2007 Now that the Church has had some time to absorb and consider the recent meeting of the House of Bishops in New Orleans and its response to the Anglican Communion, I’d like to share with you what I experienced at the recent
I’m going to make a seemingly odd claim. I think, nonetheless, that it’s a true one. The gift gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender believers bring, among so many others, is that of safeguarding the state – the overall health – of the Body of Christ
A few years back, during a town hall forum on marriage equality, an undergraduate student, possibly a freshman at the University of South Carolina, rose from the back row of a crowded auditorium to ask a question. Citing his background as a child growing up
With them he came down the hill and stood on a level spot. There was a great company of his disciples with him, and a large multitude of people from all Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the cost of Tyre and Sidon, who had come
When I saw the call for writers for this issue of Whosoever, I knew the time had come for me to answer my own call to explore who I am within the confines of a affirming congregation. After a long search for a place where
Recently, I was asked to give an interview on a public listener sponsored radio station that largely has as its audience rather politically progressive people, most of whom can be expected to have an understandable disdain for anything “Christian.” Given the fact that most of