Volume 18, Issue 2

Justice

Cover Stories

A Jig of Justice
By Rev. Candace Chellew
No one can serve two masters, Jesus tells his audience. We can’t serve the master of revenge while we seek to do a jig of justice.

The Public Pool
By Lori Heine
Those who would deny us justice feel no sense of connectedness with us. Not just us as LGBT people, but as human beings in general.

Teamwork
By John H. Campbell
While it may be true that life does not seem fair at times, that is no reason that we should not always strive to play fair, even when others do not elect to do so.

The Root of Justice
By Simyona Deanova
As human beings, we often think that justice is about what’s fair, but is justice always fair?

Features

How the Resurrection Ruined Christianity
By Rev. Candace Chellew
The resurrection is the story that Jesus’ followers absolutely had to tell, however, if they were to survive after Jesus’ death and grow into the institution it would become. The story became its greatest marketing tool throughout the ages.

Will You Boycott the Russian Olympics?
By Dr. Robert N. Minor
Individual athletes are courageously standing up daily to protest, but LGBT institutions and their supporters who distribute, sell and use sponsors’ products can do it most effectively.

Distinguishing “Morality” from “Ethics” in the Wedding Debates
By Warren J. Blumenfeld
The tradition of the wedding cake dates back centuries. It symbolizes the anticipation of a sweet life together.

Black Churches Divided over Same-Sex Marriage
By Martin E. Marty
The change in the public’s willingness to support same-sex marriage is not “inevitable.”

There Must Be No Homophobic Churches
By Rev. Dr. Jerry S. Maneker
The legalists and the self-righteous, smug fundamentalist professing Christians, who seem to monopolize the media, don’t speak for Christianity — at least not the Christianity that I know.

Now, What Will the Celebration over ENDA Look Like?
By Dr. Robert N. Minor
The pursuit of marriage equality without the same effort invested toward ending workplace and accommodation discrimination confirms the claims of many activists that there really is nothing we can call the LGBT community.

From the Pulpit

Via Creativa: The Island of Misfit Toys / Jesus: Born to Misfit
By Rev. Candace Chellew
It is the misfits of the world that change the world. It is those who take their place among the odd, the weird, the eccentric and the strange who make the world take notice, who shake us from our complacent slumber and put us squarely back into the mystery that is the Holy — that mystery of the Island of Misfit Toys.

Via Creativa: The Island of Misfit Toys / Be Who You Are
By Rev. Candace Chellew
Jesus played his role with humility, and calls us to do the same. being just who we are, right where we are, we are part of the whole universe, because “Playing one’s part in accordance with the universe is true humility.”

Via Creativa: The Island of Misfit Toys / The Wise Misfits
By Rev. Candace Chellew
The greatest treasure we have to offer is our maladjusted, disordered, transformed nonconformist selves. This is the gift that the world craves, a gift of light that brings others out of the darkness of conformity and despair.

Via Creativa: The Island of Misfit Toys / Drunken Misfits
By Rev. Candace Chellew
It’s sacred to hear the most beloved person in our lives say our name. To have God whisper your name — my delight, my beloved — well, it can make you downright drunk with delight.

Holy Humor

Service for a Dog

Church Pencils