Woot woot! There is a big old shindig going down at the Vatican right now, and no, I wasn’t invited either. The party people are going by the fancy title of Humanum Colloquium. For us unpopular kids it can be digested more easily as a consortium on the value of marriage and complementarity of the sexes and includes ALL…
In the past, I admit, I have judged Jonah. What a navel-gazing, self-absorbed jerk, right? He intimately knew God’s character- you know, that part where He describes Himself as “gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.” The part where He eagerly forgives those who repent and turn from their wicked ways? But Jonah knew better…
A young couple at our church is considering marriage. Ahh youth. They are wondering about the usual stuff. Can they afford a wedding, making a home when they are Man and Wife and, because my church takes all this old God stuff seriously, how to keep themselves sexually pure until they are wed. Those things are…
I’m back. Try to control your excitement, you’re embarrassing yourself. I have been in the deep dark hole of DIY home remaking and it has consumed every spare minute. This remaking theme has actually extended to other areas of my life as well. There is something afoot among the women of my church. Best described…
In response to “Is being gay a sin?” lcamyopinion writes: I am trying to get you, rather than make judgments about my gay friends, to walk in their shoes. …You condemn them to a life of being alone. If they pursue their love you call it evil. You would prevent them from forming families of…
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,…
What, oh what, will the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) decide about allowing gay leaders? Will they “cave” so as not to be considered hateful and homophobic? Will they finally “be on the right side of history” and change their policy? Even some Christian blogs and commenters are urging the BSA to lift the ban…
The church is not perfect, and you’ll never hear me say that it is. In recognizing areas of weakness in the church, it only confirms that the Bride of Christ needs her Bridegroom to clothe her in garments of purity- because on her own, she doesn’t deserve to wear white. But while the church is…
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…
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