“Coming out… Orthodox,” parts one and two.

August 27, 2012 By

Really good stuff, much needed. Part one has a meaty paragraph about vocation and how parish communities can foster or stifle honesty and compassion (and I also got a lot from the comment by Pete, at 12.58). In part two, what was most striking to me was the contrast of the metaphor of discovery and [...]

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“An Open Letter to LGBT or Same-Sex Attracted Freshmen at Christian Colleges and Universities”

August 24, 2012 By

is here. Via Wesley Hill.

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“A Better Conversation about Homosexuality”

August 2, 2012 By

article by Christopher Benson in Christianity Today. There are several nice moments here–I especially liked this bit: [Wesley] Hill quotes philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, “I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?’” It’s this prior [...]

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Interview w/Wesley Hill on “Young Evangelicals and the Culture Wars”

June 21, 2012 By

this is the guy who wrote the best single book I’ve read on Gay Christian Whatnot. Part one; part two. His answer to the last question in part one is esp on-point.

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Don’t cover my face with your heart–a quick addendum on “My Peace I Give You”

June 18, 2012 By

My one specific criticism of Dawn Eden’s new book, My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints (featured on the Patheos Book Club! and here’s my actual, positive review of it), is in her recommendation of Courage as part of the resource guide at the end of the book. [...]

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Corpus Christi and Gay Pride coincided

June 12, 2012 By

yet again this year! I was too distracted to re-post this piece, which I still think is one of my better Gay Catholic Whatnot pieces, but I will post it belatedly now.

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The Botany Club: Gay Kids in Catholic Schools

May 30, 2012 By

I have a post over at AmCon’s group blog.

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I can feel my instinctive anti-clericalism diminishing…

May 24, 2012 By

Praise from a bishop for my talk in Denver.

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“Why I Call Myself a Gay Christian”

May 24, 2012 By

by my friend Joshua Gonnerman, at First Things.

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