A Bumpy Year
In my child’s world same-sex unions, families headed with same-sex partners, are commonplace. In her world this is not a debate.
homosexuality
On Fighting Fair
My successor as Moderator of the General Assembly will have a much tougher job than I did. Human sexuality looks as if it will be a major topic on the docket.
Fallen or Graced
Why does a discussion of homosexuality tend inevitably to shift into a discussion of holiness versus sin, or wholeness versus brokenness?
An Uncomfortable Topic
There is something silly about grown men parsing Greek and Hebrew to discuss sex acts acceptable to God.
Highlight Homosexuality Issue
Re Sad, Disappointed, Hopeful; Letters, July/August Whenever I read a letter to the editor regarding the matter of homosexuality, such as the one by Mr. […]
World News – October 2011
Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary New Hungarian Law Threatens some Churches Hungary has introduced a new law governing the registration of religious groups that critics […]
Sad, Disappointed, Hopeful
Re U.S. Presbyterians to Allow Ordination of Homosexuals, June I find it sad that the U.S. Presbyterian Church has seen fit to pervert the word […]
Sharing Rejection
When Andrew Faiz (Pop Christianity, May 2008) mentioned “a powerful letter … which spoke of the loneliness and pain a homosexual person felt within the church,” he touched a nerve for me.
I first came alive to the reality of homosexuality in my early 50s. I was then back at university as a mature student preparing to be a marriage and family therapist. One of my courses was on human sexuality and the professor spared us little as he introduced us to the variety and complexity of human behaviour. He brought three lesbians to address the class with their personal stories, in particular how they came to realize their sexual identity. As I listened, I experienced a jolt of identification as I realized: these people can no more help who they are than I can change the colour of my skin.