**Sorry if you clicked on the site to listen live and I wasn’t on the program! I totally got the day wrong for the interview!!! Oops. I feel like an idiot. Although, I’m sure if you listened you did enjoy John and Susan! I’ll fill you in when the new date is scheduled again. Today at 3:40pm CST I’ll be a guest on the John Hall Show on WORD-FM 101.5 in Pittsburgh. You can listen live on line by clicking... Read more
I got these in an email, and I thought they were really clever. Not only that, but they sure relate to bridging the Church and the GLBT community! We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you? Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn’t belong. People are funny; they want the front of the bus, the middle of the... Read more
(This is a picture of the beautiful city of Pittsburgh) One of the very interesting things that I realized while being in Pittsburgh last weekend is that there is a saying that runs rapid with straight males—it’s an addendum added onto the end of a complimentary sentence that says “no homo”. Let me explain. When a straight male compliments another straight male with something like, “Dude, love the shirt” or “That guy has a cool haircut” or “Where did you... Read more
Due to the shear train-wreck that is the new TLC reality show, Toddlers and Tiaras, my wife loves to watch. I actually think it’s one of those “sad train wrecks” and not the “entertaining train wreck” that I usually enjoy watching; but since my wife and I only have one TV, what we decided to watch we both watch. The show is about the inner-workings of, as the title so eloquently states, toddlers (and their [crazy] parents who try as... Read more
Yes, I’m back! I’ve actually, and strangely, missed posting; so I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. I thought I’d throw out some reflections from my most recent 3 State, 8 day trip. Throughout this trip I had the privilege of speaking to the ‘whole’ of what encompasses a majority of the Christian community: Spoke (and preached) in 2 churches (Lawndale Chicago and Harbor San Diego) Spoke to 2,000 pastors about what it means to productively... Read more
I want to give everyone a fair warning that I might not be posting until next Tuesday. Over the next nine days I’m going to be speaking in three different States, and have a pretty packed schedule in each city. Here are some of the highlights to come: Sunday Feb. 8th I will be speaking at both services at Lawndale Community Church in Chicago, and then host a 50 minute workshop as well. Monday Feb. 9th I fly to San... Read more
These pictures are of the people endorsing Love is an Orientation: (Top Row from Left to Right: Scot McKnight, Shane Claiborne and Me and Marko)(Lower Row from Left to Right: David Roberts from Ex-Gay Watch, Michelle Strombeck and Brian McLaren)*For more information on what they said, see the previous post The reason I said my endorsers “took a chance” in the last post was because there were a couple people out there who said no to me by giving me... Read more
The next phase of the Mysterious Publishing Process that I have recently gone through is the “endorsement” portion of the book—you know, the smarter and more famous people who you go to, to validate you, your work, experiences and thoughts so that other people will know you’re “ok to listen to.” I totally understand the premise of an endorsement … if a respected person respects your work, it lends much credibility to your words. I’ll tell you two things, give... Read more
When I study the Bible I read it cover to cover, starting in Genesis 1 and end in Revelation 22:21. The Bible is a Story, and there are many stories within the Story that compile the larger message(s) on trying to learn and understand what it means to live a life loving Christ—more to come on this later on a post I will do about Scot McKnight’s book, The Blue Parakeet, which has been extremely influential to me. Anyway, I... Read more
The Marin Foundation has an event we call OUTNights, where we recreate my original immersion experience by taking straight Christians into Boystown to listen, learn and try to understand people’s stories of faith and sexuality. There is no debating, no arguing and no proselytizing … just a couple straight Christians going out at night into the various GLBT clubs in Boystown, trying to learn to live and love. One such evening we asked gay and lesbian passer-bys to write on... Read more
Love is an Orientation
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