By Delena Wilkerson
Sat, Feb 19, 2011
'Fighting Father' Dave B. Smith - Parish Priest, Community Worker, Professional boxer, Martial Arts master, and father of four challenges Christians to support marriage equality in his post "Why Every Christian Should Be In Favour of Gay Marriage."
By Heidi Mann
Fri, Nov 26, 2010
Six years ago, my Christmas season centered on the arrival of a baby -- our second child, due December 23. As my final weeks of pregnancy coincided with the time when I would normally be busy with holiday preparations, the regular hustle-and-bustle of the season grew along with my belly, but my energy level went in the opposite direction.
By Heidi Mann
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
I am so PROUD to be a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), led by Bishop Mark Hanson. Watch his video as he expresses concern for and hospitality toward LGBT youth who face bullying.
By Heidi Mann
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
I value openness and acceptance toward the LGBT community. That, however, was not the main reason I transitioned last fall from serving as a Lutheran pastor to doing freelance copy-editing (including for this web-zine), but it entered in.
By Heidi Mann
Thu, Apr 01, 2010
IN THE LIFE Media's April episode may be viewed online or on many PBS stations. IN THE LIFE viewer and 10,000 Couples copyeditor Heidi Mann reflects on this month's segments in light of her progressive Christian faith.
By Delena Wilkerson
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Many are Called. Who is Chosen? Seminarian Joey Heath shares his thoughts.
By Delena Wilkerson
Sat, Jan 30, 2010
Hridayananda das Goswami is a Vaishnava swami and a religious leader for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
By David Loofborrow
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
Jesus offered us a simple process of co-creation when he taught, "Seek and ye shall find..." How can we find good things for our lives if we do not follow the desire to look for them? And what will we seek if we have not imagined something we want? How do we know where to look unless we apply our intellects to the search? Week 4 of Rev. Dave's January deviotional series to inspire a blessed new year - Click the title to read more...
By David Loofborrow
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
I believe that humans are equipped with amazing tools of imagination, intellect, and desire. With these brushes God intends us to paint our lives and our world with good things, using them to maximize our capacity for creating love. And what's more, God has filled the universe with unshaped matter, a powerful energy vibrating with anticipation to become the substance of what we create. I call this power the Divine Potential. Week 3 of Rev. Dave's January deviotional series to inspire a blessed new year - Click the title to read more...
By David Loofborrow
Thu, Jan 07, 2010
I do not believe, as some have taught, that God has the future all prepared for us and we humans only march through a predestined existance. I cannot understand a God who has planned a life of beauty and privilege for some while providing others a life of pain and suffering. How can that be the God who is Love? Week 2 of Rev. Dave's January deviotional series to inspire a blessed new year - Click the title to read more...
By David Loofborrow
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
We stand at the door of a new year, peering into the distance. What do we see? Are there exciting opportunities, a bright future for our families, and life filled with love and hope? Or, do we see only challenges, bleak economic forecasts, and more frustration and pain? I think many of us only see the horizon of pre-dawn, formless outlines looming in the distance which either scare us or encourage us to venture forth. Week 1 of Rev. Dave's January deviotional series to inspire a blessed new year - Click the title to read more...
By Delena Wilkerson
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
In this post, Barry Aneda argues the point with Fundamentalist Christians that homosexuality is simply a sexual orientation just as heterosexuality is a sexual orientation. It argues we should all be treated equally. It also argues that homosexuals should not be demonized or pathologized and lumped into one category or group but rather we should look at all people as an individuals. What do you think?
By Laverne Spencer
Thu, Oct 01, 2009
PRIDE in being gay is not something that comes naturally when we live in a world that tells us we are "evil" and "immoral". For most of us, it is first a road of self-awareness, and then of self-acceptance. We then need to take a further step to determine the consequences of our "Coming Out" to family, friends and co-workers. For many, the losses are not worth revealing the truth and so they remain closeted. This is understandable.
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