Well, I’ve been hacked! Woke up early this morning, sat at my desk to get some work done, answered a few blog comments – then suddenly couldn’t get in my email. Usual passwords wouldn’t sign me in. Fixed it pretty quickly, but it’s a creepy feeling. Someone sneaky had gotten into my email – and for what purpose? Then I saw the mass email they’d sent out to say I was stranded in Cyprus without my bag! If you replied... Read more
I believe we all have a desire in our hearts and souls for the divine. For love, acceptance, community. Jesus showed us all of those things. But the core teachings of much of today’s Christian religion, are incompatible with the life and teachings of Jesus. What is the answer? I don’t know. But I do know that scripture tells us that “the enemy comes against the simplicity that is in Jesus.” So what would it look like to live a... Read more
Our youngest daughter, Hannah, recently came out on Facebook. (Our second LGBTQ child.) It was the most amazing post! We had known for some time – but her public post came as a surprise to us and the response she got was overwhelming. I wrote this note for her and want to share it with you – and with all the others out there who might still be in the closet, or in pain from rejection. To those not receiving the... Read more
More today from my Saturday “Jesus Blog” – a word from Jesus to you… What a journey! Would you pause for just a moment? Breathe. I want to ask you something… Do you know how much God loves you? Do you know how much God is for you? Do you know that the Bible says that God rejoices over you with singing? It’s true. And it’s not about someone else, it’s you. You! Sometimes there are obstacles on this journey... Read more
To stand at the church door and block someone from entering because they are gay – or for any reason – is indefensible. But some people don’t even believe that type of thing happens. How can they truly think that with countless tragic personal stories giving horrific details on how a gay person and/or or their families have been emotionally, physically, and spiritually abused? It is living inside the box, it is coming from a place of privilege. These are... Read more
Love the ‘sinner,’ then kick them out of church, and their family too if they don’t side with you against their child. I just can’t get my head around that. Telling someone they are no longer welcome in your church, in your home – and calling it love?!? It makes no sense to me at all. It is not love in any way. As Rob says, “To stand at the church door and block anyone from entering, for any reason,... Read more
More today from my Saturday “Jesus Blog” – a word from Jesus to you… Home. A place of welcome, acceptance, rejuvenation. A place to be safe and to be loved, without condition. A beautifully designed space of rest. But beautiful things break down in the using – or the misusing. Families can turn a safe haven into a concentration camp, so those within have no place of escape. Families throw over their privileged position as your ‘Biggest Fan’ – replacing it with ‘Biggest... Read more
I have to admit that I am losing patience. To stand at the church door and block someone from entering because they are gay – or for any reason – is indefensible. What do you have to believe about God, about Jesus, about the Bible to do that and think that you are actually doing the right thing, doing what God wants you to do, doing what Jesus would do. But it happens all the time. People who are gay,... Read more
Auschwitz. Terror. Gas ovens. An efficient killing machine that murdered millions of people. Millions. The total numbers of those murdered in the Holocaust have been estimated at some 11 million, though recent discoveries have raised the toll to up to 20 million people. More than half of them Jews, the rest priests, pastors, Jehovah’s Witnesses, disabled, and other minorities – including homosexuals, not just Jews but Hitler’s own SS officers, all forced to wear a pink triangle to identify them... Read more
To come out as LGBTQ can be excruciating. Such a high price is extracted, so much is at stake, who can blame people who hide their true selves? My heart weeps. Today I bring you a post that gives us a glimpse into just how hard it is, from my beloved friend Marg Herder at Christian Feminism Today. I offer this as a counter-balance to yesterday’s difficult and challenging post by Stephen at Sacred Tension. Please, read it with your heart open. No... Read more
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