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Tag: Homosexuality

To Be Understood

To Be Understood

Posted on February 9, 2011March 5, 2011 by Bryan Parys
As a result of reading all the posts in our topic of the month, the thing that’s been on my mind a lot is being more proactive about reconciliation strategies between people of faith and the LGB... Read More
Communion Secrets: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Communion Secrets: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Posted on February 8, 2011March 5, 2011 by Oliver Goodrich
In a 2010 letter to the Armed Forces Chaplains Board, Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) wrote, "“Those who engage in such [homosexual] activity are excluded by the Canons fr... Read More
Erotic Love and the Imago Dei

Erotic Love and the Imago Dei

Posted on February 4, 2011March 5, 2011 by Brad Bannon
I am part of a community of students in theology (http://www.theologysalon.org) exploring the question: Why theology? No doubt, we all have different answers to this question. I, myself, have more tha... Read More
Enough is Enough – Nothing Less than Love

Enough is Enough – Nothing Less than Love

Posted on February 1, 2011March 5, 2011 by James Croft
When it comes to sexual prejudice, there is no excuse. Religious institutions, communities and parents must provide nothing less than love.... Read More
Pro-homosexuality and anti-homosexuality religious believers together against gay-related bullying?

Pro-homosexuality and anti-homosexuality religious believers together against gay-related bullying?

Posted on February 1, 2011March 5, 2011 by Ben DeVan
In light of several high profile cases of gay related bullying, this essay may disgruntle -- at least a little -- almost everyone who reads it.... Read More
In Memory of David Kato: An Evangelical Response to Anti-Homosexuality in Uganda

In Memory of David Kato: An Evangelical Response to Anti-Homosexuality in Uganda

Posted on January 30, 2011March 5, 2011 by Sara Williams Staley
Four days ago, David Kato was brutally murdered in Mukono, a town about 13 miles east of Uganda’s capital city of Kampala.  He was one of Uganda’s leading gay rights activists.  Inspired by the ... Read More
Do Only Religious People Have a ‘Calling’?

Do Only Religious People Have a ‘Calling’?

Posted on January 26, 2011January 26, 2011 by Chris Stedman
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Religion. In a recent interview with BBC Radio 4, musician Jack White (of the White Stripes and other bands) reflected on his “calling.R... Read More
Frying Feelings – When Common Ground is Scorched Earth

Frying Feelings – When Common Ground is Scorched Earth

Posted on November 20, 2010November 20, 2010 by James Croft
David was distraught: the treatment wasn’t working. He had hoped this time would be different, that this time he would be cured, but even though the outward symptoms were under control he didn’t f... Read More
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