Month: July 2010

Here is an interesting advertisement that McDonalds ran in France recently. Despite the obvious reality that they would never run it in this country, I would love to hear your thoughts on it… good ad? bad ad? offensive ad? Apparently, it has bee… →

The folks over at Recycle Your Faith have recently posted a series of four short videos showing four different perspectives on homosexuality. All of the perspectives come from conservative, evangelical Christians. One of the important things about… →

I came across an interesting series of blogs interviewing a pastor who lost his ministry after an adulterous affair — and now has been restored to full time ministry. It is a 5-part series with part 5 being some conclusions and reflections from t… →

Loving your enemies is one of the most basic commands and ethics of the Christian faith. In fact, it would be difficult to call yourself a Christ-follower without being committed to actually and practically loving your enemies. But what does that … →

In my role as a pastor — working a lot of with youth, college students, 20-somethings and singles of all ages — I have taught on and given advice on dating to lots of people. I have even taken on the (unofficial) role of “dating coach” for some…. →

I recently came across this article in the San Francisco Chronicle about what are being termed “San Francisco Relationships” – that is, committed gay relationships (or even marriages) that are “open” and intentionally “non-monogamous”. (You can re… →

I just spent the last two hours sitting, talking, praying and eating with a great young couple who are getting married this fall. I will have the privilege of officiating their marriage and of walking with them through the process. It brings me re… →

A very long whiles back, I decided that I was going to post on this blog Monday to Friday and then not on Saturday or Sunday. Shortly after that decision I started posting some occasional Saturday and Sunday “bonuses” — and then started posting p… →

There are a lot of reasons I kept quiet over the years about my sexuality. First, I didn’t want to hurt the ministry (ironically, I ended up hurting it more… but more ironically, if I had been open, the ministry probably would have never started… →

I posted this on Facebook during my blog break, but wanted to post it here as well. I would love to hear your thoughts on this quotation from theologian Robert Capon: “Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable; He did no… →