Can’t Help Myself

Last updated on: April 1, 2009 at 1:45 am By Andrew Marin

First off, each week I’m getting more and more annoyed by the new judge Kara for the following reasons: She says the same stuff for every contestant in a monotone, hand-gestured manner as she tries to make her “big idea” become a reality (which it never really does) She tries too hard to make herself too relevant and important (trying to prove she belongs as a judge on the greatest show ever—which she hasn’t) She is always telling the contestants:... Read more

Guest Post: The Divorce of a Church—Part 1

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:08 pm By Andrew Marin

In a previous post DJ, a reader of my blog, made some very poignant comments that I thought were extremely important for everyone to hear. Here is Part 1 of his feelings on being gay and attending a church that is having a hard time living in the tension of what is faith and sexuality: “Over the past several years, I’ve discovered many revelations about my sexuality, not the least of which is how my former method for dealing with... Read more

My Book is in the Warehouse

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:09 pm By Andrew Marin

I just got the coolest phone call I’ve ever received: InterVarsity Press just called to tell me that my book, Love is an Orientation, just got delivered to their distribution warehouse!!!So for all of you who have pre-ordered it (and thank you so very much for that!!!), it should be arriving some point soon! And this also means that soon it’ll be hitting a Borders and/or Barnes and Noble near you as well! As soon as I go and pick... Read more

Gays in the Military

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:09 pm By Andrew Marin

I recently read an article by a national Christian organization claiming that having open gay and lesbian people serve in the military would be a threat to the congruency of our armed forces. Three things came to my mind: 1. A few years back a study in TIME said that 60% of publications from 1940-1950 stated that gay people were: a. A direct threat to the strength of the US military b. A direct threat to the security and strength... Read more

Reminder of Faith in Food

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:10 pm By Andrew Marin

This past weekend my wife and I stopped in to eat at Portillos (if you’ve ever been to Chicago you know the wonderfulness that is Portillos!). When we sat down I looked at the booth next to us and I saw a very elderly couple sitting on one side, and sitting across from them on the other side was a homeless man. The sight of this intrigued me, and I couldn’t help but try to listen in as much as... Read more

Reflection from last night’s Living in the Tension

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:10 pm By Andrew Marin

I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced quite the time of total transparency in community more so then I did last night. The topic was Slang, Slurs and Sex: The stopping points that separate us from each other and the Father. I opened our time last night the only way I knew how—by being as raw and honest as I possibly could: “When my three best friends came out to me in those three consecutive months I ran away because... Read more

A New Way of Marriage?

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:10 pm By Andrew Marin

A friend of mine, Bart Campolo, brought this recent TIME Magazine article to my attention through his blog. The article is about two law professors, one who is in favor of gay marriage and the other who is against it, and their new theory in how to provide legal and political space for marriage, that would satisfy both ends of the spectrum. They suggest that in order to provide this space marriage must be removed from the hands of the... Read more

Living in the Tension Community Gathering

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:11 pm By Andrew Marin

Tonight is our second Living in the Tension Community Gathering, 7pm at 5255 N. Ashland in Chicago (yes, the address is one building different). For more information you can click here. We will be discussion the language, biases and stereotypes that tear us all down. Tonight’s theme will be: Slang, Slurs and Sex: The Stopping Points that Separate us from Each Other and the FatherIf you’re in Chicago, swing on by and get involved in The Marin Foundation’s new intentional... Read more

A New Way of Marriage?

Last updated on: December 17, 2012 at 9:11 pm By Andrew Marin

A friend of mine brought this recent TIME Magazine article to my attention . The article is about two law professors, one who is in favor of gay marriage and the other who is against it, and their new theory in how to provide legal and political space for marriage, that would satisfy both ends of the spectrum. They suggest that in order to provide this space marriage must be removed from the hands of the government. “Instead, give gay and... Read more

Swearing on Amazing Race

Last updated on: March 18, 2009 at 3:28 pm By Andrew Marin

Last week I was watching Amazing Race. One of the contestants this season is Mel White, whom many look at as the founder of the gay Christian movement (he founded the gay Christian organization Soulforce, an activist organization that works for the “freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from religious oppression through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance.”) Before he came out, Dr. White was a ghostwriter for the likes of Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker and... Read more