Posts Tagged ‘LGBT Youth Homelessness’
Encouraging Gay Men In Their Quest For Authenticity
Why retreats for gay men? My start comes from where I began. My partner and I both identify as gay men and are on a quest to live with authenticity in every area of our lives. Society challenges us at every turn and yet our determination to press forward comes from many in the LGBT…
Read MoreChristian Parents Reject Their Gay Son: What Can We Do?
A video making its way through the internet depicts one of the worst coming out experiences one can have. In it, we hear a mother start with “I love you,” and move quickly to kicking her son out of her home, then to attacking and beating him. The video is painful to watch (listen to, actually,…
Read More“We’re Nothing Like Fred Phelps”: An Excuse That Can No Longer Be Used
“As a pastor who has served a church where Fred Phelps protested, I have experienced the vitriol he spewed throughout his life. But if my tradition has taught me anything, it has taught me the power of forgiveness. May his funeral be filled with signs that read ‘you are a beloved creature of worth;’ may…
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Moral March: Standing Together For Social Justice
LAWmarr”Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are OLure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8) As a man of faith in the Unitarian Universalist tradition,…
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