Each LITT will start at 7pm in Room 120 at 5255 N. Ashland Ave in Chicago. Here are the remaining dates and forum topics: June 25: Gay Pride Parade: Original Intent and Current Purpose July 22: I Do Exist—Ex Gay Viewing and Discussion Aug 11: Discussion with a Gay Secular Person Aug 27: Discussion with an Ex-Gay Person Sep 17: Discussion with a Gay Christian Oct 8: Secret Confessions (Oct 11th National Coming Out Day) Nov 5: Gay Marriage Nov... Read more
A ministry in Canada, New Directions, has recently come out with a DVD called Bridging the Gap: Conversations on Befriending our Gay Neighbors. Today they are hosting a synchroblog, where about 60 bloggers/organizations are all speaking towards what it is to bridge the gap between the Church and the GLBT Community. They asked me to be a part of it, and I’m excited to help advance the dialogue. Here is my contribution: Question: I was recently asked by a large... Read more
Enjoy this interview (Part 1) with author and creator of The Ooze and theooze.tv, Spencer Burke. Watching it back I forgot I got a little excited at the end. And if you know me, you know what I mean by excited! Do you agree or disagree with anything I said? Much love. http://www.themarinfoundation.org/ Read more
Here is Part 2 of my interview with Chris Heuertz, author and International Director of Word Made Flesh. In this segment I ask Chris two questions: What would you tell the Church about building bridges with the gay and lesbian community and What would you tell the gay and lesbian community about the Church His answers are moving. You can also check out Word Made Flesh, Chris’ book and other videos of Christ speaking here. Much love. www.themarinfoundation.org Read more
While I was in Omaha, NE last week I had the opportunity to hang out with a man that I respect with all of my heart and soul, Chris Heuertz, the International Director of Word Made Flesh – a non profit organization that incarnationally serves the poorest of the poor all over the world. Chris is the most humble man I know, and he is one of those people in this lifetime that you just feel privileged to sit at... Read more
This scene is from one of my favorite movies of all time: Austin Powers Goldmember! Thanks for being my Dad, Dad. You will forever be my Fazzah … oh, I mean my F-A-T-H-E-R. Much love. www.themarinfoundation.org Read more
I just found out yesterday that Love is an Orientation is going into its second printing after only a month and a half! That’s really quick … Let’s keep this movement’s momentum accelerating forward so much so that neither community would be able to ignore our new paradigms of what it means to peacefully and productively build bridges with each other in order to end the culture war and still do significant things for the Kingdom! Here are some links... Read more
I have been touched recently by the amount of non-evangelical, even non-Christian people that have read Love is an Orientation and thought it worthwhile enough to personally write me. I have received numerous emails telling me of touching stories and examples of how my book has made a direct impact on people’s sphere’s of influence; shaking their traditional paradigms of engagement and actually doing something to intentionally start building bridges. I have been printing these emails and hanging them on... Read more
[Addendum on June 16, 2009: Do you ever find yourself being labled into a socially constructed group because someone on the outside doesn’t understand you? I tackle this question in my own life after the last two conservative evangelical radio interviews have called me Emergent for no other reason than I live within, and loves me some GLBT folks.] Am I Emergent? I tackle this question in 4 minutes and 33 seconds after I have been called Emergent by two... Read more
Tonight from 7:30-8pm CST I will be a guest on the Frank Pastore Show in Los Angeles. You can tune in here. Much love. www.themarinfoundation.org Read more
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