{"id":7803,"date":"2013-12-03T22:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=7803"},"modified":"2013-12-03T22:08:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T02:08:22","slug":"oriented-to-love-a-dialogue-about-sexual-diversity-in-the-church-feb-6-8-2014-apply-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2013\/12\/oriented-to-love-a-dialogue-about-sexual-diversity-in-the-church-feb-6-8-2014-apply-now.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Oriented to Love: A Dialogue About Sexual Diversity in the Church,&#8221; Feb 6 &#8211; 8, 2014: Apply Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Many of my readers may be interested in this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evangelicalsforsocialaction.org\/can-we-talk\/orientedtolove-3\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evangelicalsforsocialaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Orientedtolove.jpg\" alt=\"Orientedtolove\" width=\"276\" height=\"181\"><\/a>We are looking for a group of no more than a dozen people to participate in an in-depth dialogue around the issue of sexual diversity in the church.\u00a0The event will be held from Thursday evening,\u00a0Feb.6, to Saturday noon,\u00a0Feb. 8, at a retreat center in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The two main requirements for participation in this dialogue are an open heart and a committed faith in Christ.<\/strong> We need the group to be as diverse as it is small. Since this\u00a0conversation will focus on how believers handle the issue of homosexuality in the church, the hope is that the common thread of faith will bind us together\u00a0and make our efforts more productive and long lasting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evangelicalsforsocialaction.org\/oriented-to-love-a-dialogue-about-sexual-diversity-in-the-church-feb-6-8-2014\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more<\/a>. You can read a post I wrote about the first one <a href=\"http:\/\/eve-tushnet.blogspot.com\/2011_11_01_archive.html#7221770961506896665\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>\u2013I got a lot out of it and met some great people.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of my readers may be interested in this: We are looking for a group of no more than a dozen people to participate in an in-depth dialogue around the issue of sexual diversity in the church.\u00a0The event will be held from Thursday evening,\u00a0Feb.6, to Saturday noon,\u00a0Feb. 8, at a retreat center in the Philadelphia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1264],"class_list":["post-7803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gay-catholic-whatnot","tag-gay-catholic-whatnot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Oriented to Love: A Dialogue About Sexual Diversity in the Church,&quot; 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