Bridging the Solitudes
Shooting the messenger is an old tradition, and that is part of our job description.
LGBT
Called to the Church: Rev. Bill Elliott
For many years I tried to conform to the heterosexual norm that seemed to be the only acceptable way of being in my world. The loneliness and despair I often felt were a burden I feared I might never be free of.
Called to the Church: Rev. Mark Chiang
To my family, there was nothing more evil, more beyond the power of God’s love, than being gay. As my dad would write in the PCC chat rooms, gay was a choice you made after rejecting God and abandoning yourself to hedonistic lust.
Called to the Church: Aubrey Hawton
It hadn’t been drummed into me, but it certainly was clear: good Christian boys dated good Christian girls, got married and had kids—and it had better happen in that order, too!
Called to the Church: Laura Laird
I grew up confident in the knowledge that God hated me.
What We’re Really Talking About
“This is about more than sex. This is about: What is God? What is God’s character? What is sin? It affects our doctrine of God. It affects our doctrine of sin. It affects our doctrine of scripture.”
Speaking Truth in Love: Start with Respect
Respect is a biblical issue, as well as a moral one.
Speaking Truth in Love: Karla Wubbenhorst
This issue goes to the deepest, most personal question we can ask ourselves as Christian believers: Do I trust God to know wherein the good of my life is to be found, or shall I insist on self-definition?
Speaking Truth in Love: Wes Denyer
Some people are simply not created heterosexual. Through no volitional choice of their own, they are born gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. I believe God loves them just as much as God loves any other person.
Speaking Truth in Love: Hugh Donnelly
If there’s one theme that seems to have emerged from reflecting on today’s topic, it’s this idea of surprise: as soon as when we think we have a handle on the divine, God pushes the boundaries we set and surprises us with something new.
Speaking Truth in Love: Kevin Livingston
As people of faith, our perspective on human sexuality is grounded in the teaching of Holy Scripture, starting with the theological account of humankind’s creation back in Genesis.
Speaking Truth in Love: Question and Answer Session
At the conclusion of the Speaking Truth in Love event held by the Hamilton presbytery, all five speakers responded to questions from those in attendance.
Give it to God
What do you do when you are wrestling with a big problem and you feel overwhelmed with anger and frustration either from your inability to resolve the issue or because others can’t see it the way you see it so very clearly?
A Time of Discernment
I need to let you know that there continues to be passionate discussion at every level of the Renewal Fellowship’s constituency and leadership.
Do We Trust God?
It’s one thing to say that we trust God; it’s another to actually live in that trust.
One Sunday Afternoon
It started, as these things often do, from the unlikeliest source: The Committee to Nominate Standing Committees.
Disagreeing Friends
As a liberal I’m very critical of the smugness of liberals. As a liberal I’m also critical of the holier-than-thouness of evangelicals. Both these poses drive me absolutely batty.
Wonderful Diversity
I am pretty sure that evangelicals like myself will not be convinced they are wrong. Neither will my liberal friends. What we might all be convinced of is that there is a greater issue at play here.
Wholeness and Health
Neither option was a guarantee and either could prove life-threatening. As well, the two choices were mutually exclusive. Pursue the one and the other was no longer possible.
My Dream for The PCC in 2015
I have a dream for this Presbyterian Church of ours. We’re engaging in conversation around what full inclusion looks like for persons from the LGBTQ […]