Remembering back to the nightmare of 9-11—or these days, it seems, going online or opening up any newspaper at all—one finds oneself sympathizing with those who after such tragedies ask themselves where God is when such events occur. When we can’t understand how something could have happened in a world overseen by a gracious and loving God, even we who are deep believers find ourselves sometimes looking skyward, and wondering if there really is anything up there but clouds and... Read more
Some of you may recall, from just a couple of weeks back, the story of A’isha Leslie Marbach, and the terrible tragedy that befell her. (See The Frost and Freedom of Death.) About a week ago, A’isha wrote to tell me that, in her grief, she had taken to spontaneously writing, which she found cathartic. I encouraged her in this means of healing. I also said that if ever she wanted, via my blog, to share with you all anything... Read more
In the conversations centered around such tragedies as the recent Jamey Rodemeyer suicide (see Christians and the Blood of Jamey Rodemeyer), we very often find conservative Christians defending themselves against the accusation that the theology in which they believe–and specifically their belief that homosexuality is a sin against God—ultimately contributes to that which informs, motivates, and encourages the bullying of gay teens. In this short (made with the free online tools available at xtranormal.com), two Christians discuss that very issue. Read more
Jamey Rodemeyer, above, is a 14-year-old kid from Buffalo, NY, who earlier this week, after years of being bullied for being gay, committed suicide. (more…) Read more
It is inevitable that liberal/progressive Christians will be the majority of Christians in America. We feel the waters of that sea change already swelling everywhere around us. Today’s conservative evangelical Christians who are rallying against “postmodern relativism,” “revisionist secular theology,” “a naturalistic doctrine of God,” or however else they might label the theology of the left, are like yesteryear’s horse-and-buggy owners rallying against them dangnabit newfangled automobiles. (more…) Read more
Saludos señor Shore, Si un periódico publicara un titular que dijera algo como “DECISIÓN HISTÓRICA: IGLESIA PRESBITERIANA ORDENARÁ A ZURDOS”, la gente miraría intrigada y diría “¿y qué? ¿A quién le importa? ¿Cuál es el problema?” Pero cuando el mismo titular usa las palabras GAYS o LGBT en vez de ZURDOS, es otra historia. La gente solía asustarse de los zurdos. Pensaban que eran extraños y diferentes, quizás malignos o “de Satanás”. Tengo un tío que nació zurdo, pero mis... Read more
Hi, guys. So remember the aborning book of mine I wrote about in LGBT Christians: Tell Evangelicals (and the World) Your Story ? (For those of you who are … normal, aborning is a weird but I think cool-sounding old word meaning being born or produced.) I’ve got to finish that book. The whole world feels like it’s bending toward that book being completed. And I’ll never finish it as long as I keep logging in the time I do with... Read more
Here are the notes for the sermon given by Pastor Bob on 9-11-2011. Read more
This essay is included in my book UNFAIR: Christians and the LGBT Question. Read more
I haven’t known what to write about this. I’ve been numb. Even at this moment words keep their place far from me. They know they have no business beside me now. Not now. Not for this. And yet here they are, now, pitching in, bending their backs, stretching themselves to the point of breaking. (more…) Read more
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