This weekend my husband took our daughters, ages seven and nine, on a Daddy/Daughter retreat, an event that rivals Christmas in terms of our girls anticipation. On Friday at 9:00pm my husband texted me to tell me that he was taking our girls swimming. “Now?! Put them to bed or you will have a terrible day…
Are you saying being Gay is a sin? If this is so I would imagine a Gay person would find this prayer offensive. Being Gay is not a sin. Unlike your lesbianfriend I am finding it hard to respect your right to believe homosexuality is a sin – have you posted on this topic –…
My new LesbianFriend added the following thoughts after my post “How can you base your beliefs on a book that has been edited and translated hundreds of times?” I thought it a great opportunity to address the question: “How do you interpret the Bible?” Yourlesbianfriend writes: [An excerpt] “History books typically have more than facts,…
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from My Recommended Reading List One of my goals for this blog in 2013 is to spotlight my “Recommended Reading List”. To view the complete list of my favorite books on the subject of same-sex attractions, click this link. . . My Recommended Reading List As I mentioned in an…
For the past week I have been following a new blogger named Alex. She is an agnostic who is blogging about reading through the Bible in a year. I especially look forward to reading her posts. Here’s an excerpt from her post Church Marquees, Faith, and Fear, and our discussion that followed. Alex: Last week, a…
Over Christmas break, my dad and I were talking about gun control (but we could have been talking about any hot-button issue). Though we come from opposing positions, we agreed that the media and special interest groups skew much of the discussion on the subject. It crystalized some thoughts I’ve had on blogging. Social media…
Keith, to whom I must grant the “Best Follow-Up Questions Award,” made these comments after reading “Aren’t People Born Gay?” You say you have come to the conclusion that people are not “born gay”, but do you even have the option of coming to the conclusion that they are? I think not. To do so would…
Originally posted on askthe"Bigot":
A Facebook friend of mine posted a link on my page called “An Open Letter from Christians to Gay People.” I wrote “A Biblical Letter from Christians to Gay People” in response. To all gay persons, For the times when those who call themselves Christians have bullied, condemned,…
In response to my post “Be the Church” Keith writes: It seems as if Adam Lanza was a church attendee. So, The Church, “God’s prescriptions for mental health”, was in this case, unable to overcome the effect of Adam’s broken home. I love the adage “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more…
Sexuality touches a part of our humanity as deeply as any part of life can. This subject is weighty, personal and not nearly as one-dimensional as TV sitcoms would have you believe. The media does a good job of presenting the portrait of a youth struggling to make sense of his identity and same-sex attractions,…
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