With the election coming up, and the vote in California for Prop 8 – otherwise known as the gay marriage bill – I have been receiving a lot of emails wondering my take on the whole issue. My bridge building goal is to elevate the conversation between the GLBT community and the Church, and so here it is: Recently I was being interviewed on a national radio show and the host retold a story about speaking at a political rally... Read more
Thank you Lord for this opportunity to Be;For this opportunity to be Yours. Our prayers, wants, hopes and desires – We pray them knowing what we pray and the end result we yearn to see,but can never know or understand the Kingdom ramifications of how You are going to get those simple, yet passionate and heartfelt eternal prayers accomplished. Because what is in our head never seems to play itself out how we ourselves think it so. Our direct points... Read more
In alphabetical order: A Christmas VacationAustin Powers 2: The Spy who Shagged MeChristmas StoryHappy GilmoreJurassic Park 1Passion of the ChristSo I Married an Axe Murderer (This is actually my FAVORITE movie of ALL TIME!!!)Star Wars Trilogy – the old school versions (I know that’s three movies but I’m just going to count them as one)The Last SamuraiTitanic So what do you think of my choices? Any I left out, or, any of those I love that you absolutely hate (don’t... Read more
And the conclusion to YS Sacramento … During the general session (GS) I started talking about my story, my unique experiences and how the broader Christian community has intentionally run away from any type of constructive tension that pushes us to cause growth when it comes to building bridges with the gay and lesbian community. I don’t want to give my GS all away … I don’t want to give away my quotes, my stories and the whole talk because... Read more
This podcast, #1386029, (go to Episode #10) is the Youth Specialties Weekly Devotional that was just released: “This week Adam McLane shoots on location in Chicago. First, Jason Raitz from Willow Creek gives some training tips for those who oversee small group leaders. Next, Andrew Marin shares a devotional about the prayers of those called to lead.” My new family Adam McLane and Cathy Nerenberg came to Chicago to film it (the dull noise in the background of the video... Read more
I get this question a lot: Where did you write your book? The first 2 weeks were spent writing at my home during the day. But the problem was that I was so nervous to write even one word because I ultimately knew other people were going to read them. And because of that I paralyzed myself. In order then, to take my mind off of everything I would turn the TV on, I would check my email, I would... Read more
The name Youth Specialties (YS) carries a lot of weight with it. For good or bad, any big organization constantly gets both hated on and praised for their work and successes. There are some people out there who have nothing better to do then to try and discredit and rip apart people/organizations for no other reason because they have made something out of themselves. YS falls into that category. But as many in the ‘spotlight’ tell me, it comes with... Read more
October 17th is quite a day for me. I’m sitting at O’Hare airport right now on my way to Tampa with a gigantic pain in my soul. In fact right now I’m starting to sweat even thinking about it. October 17, 1997: one of my really close friends, Alli, got killed in a car accident. She and two other friends were driving and a drunk driver ran a red light at 90 mph and hit them square. Everyone, including the... Read more
The second event that The Coalition held was an inclusive pastor’s roundtable that took place in Long Beach. What does inclusive pastor mean? In layman’s terms, it’s a pastor who is gay or lesbian or a pastor of a gay (or gay affirming) church. The broader scope of The Marin Foundation’s bridge building framework for systemic change between the GLBT and conservative religious communities is the following: Host a conservative pastor’s roundtable to lay out our bridge building work Host... Read more
In some of the original meetings with my publisher they asked me: “We want this book published like yesterday, so when, as soon as you can, do you think you can get the manuscript to us?” How was I supposed to answer that question?! I had never written anything like a book before and I had no idea how long it would take. I figured if I stopped absolutely everything I was doing in life and just concentrated on writing,... Read more
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