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For the Christian Part of Me, I am Sorry
This is a powerful video and poem of confession by artist and writer Joel McKerrow →
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Dating, Sex & the Bible
Next week I will be co-leading with Rev. Nancy Butler a workshop for LGBT teens entitled “Dating, Sex & the Bible”. The workshop is part of the True Colors Conference at the University of Connecticut. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas about what topics to address? Any wisdom or advice you wish you had heard as →
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Jeff Chu: Does Jesus Really Love Me?
Author Jeff Chu talks about his upcoming book (which includes a chapter about me in it)… The book comes out March 26 and is available for pre-order from Amazon.com. →
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God of Second Chances
I love this video… inspires every time. →
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What to do with a Traditionalist?
One of the #1 questions I am asked by progressive evangelicals I know — whether LGBT or simply supportive of LGBT folks — is “what to do with a traditionalist” in their lives? First, what is a “traditionalist”? I use the term to describe people who hold to a traditionalist anti-gay view. Some simply refer →
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Reading God’s Mind
In today’s NYT, Frank Bruni writes about Jeff Chu and his new upcoming book called “Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America”. Bruni writes: Jeff Chu was married last September, on the lawn of a house on Cape Cod, against the backdrop of an ivy-covered fence. About →
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Leaving Westboro: Conversion from Hate to Gospel
Meghan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of the (in)famous Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, has left the WBC group and her family and is repenting of her prior beliefs and behaviors, including the protesting of funerals and “God hates… →
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In Defense of Louie Giglio
Pastor Louie Giglio, of Passion City Church and the Passion movement (conferences, concerts, anti-slavery activism, etc) was invited to give the Benediction at President Obama’s upcoming second inaugural. And then he backed out, under pressure, af… →