Counterculture. Faith. Love.
From the category archives:
This article was recently published from one of my very favorite publications, RELEVANT Magazine. The title is, “Being Single with Intentionality.” It caught my eye because so often singles in church culture feel as weird and put out as gays and lesbians do.
I was speaking recently at Willow Creek and I brought up the aforementioned [...]
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In a recent post I asked you to ask me anything you were wondering. You can see it here. So far there are 12 questions, with a few others I’ve complied from previous posts. From here on out I am going to start chipping away at them once a week. The first question was asked [...]
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It is well documented that I LOVE American Idol, and I constantly voted for Adam Lambert this past season. Here is an article from yesterday that said the handlers from the American Idol runner up were nervous that the gay publication, OUT, was making Lambert look “too gay”. They were so nervous because they think it [...]
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For the past few weeks I have been greatly disturbed by what has been happening in Uganda regarding the treatment of gays and lesbians through new legislation called the Anti-Homosexual Bill. I was first made aware of the situation by a good friend of mine who I went to Moody Theological Seminary with, who now [...]
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I am sorry for the five day layoff from posting any blogs. Time goes quick - but my head needed clearing from my emotional last week before I could possibly write anything else. I’m back now, and looking forward to continuing our time together.
On top of everything that has been going on recently, I left at [...]
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Here is Part 1 of Mike’s story. Part 2 continues here:
“I didn’t know it at the time, but I soon learned there was a tension there. On the way to my high school youth group every week, my dad and I listened to James Dobson and other conservative evangelicals on the radio as they discussed [...]
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The posts throughout the weekend are the life story of Mike Filicicchia. I first met Mike through his comments on my blog, and his story is something that needs to be heard. Mike is straight. His parents are not.
Here is Mike’s blog, and from my experiences with him he has shown me that he is one [...]
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In light of October 11th being National Coming Out Day, I thought this is an important topic to discuss.
Last week the New York Times published an article about kids in middle school coming out. You can read it here. As with most everything else in today’s culture, youth are getting exposed to, and declaring themselves [...]
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I’m going to keep this one plain and simple:
There is always someone more oppressed than you!
I’m sure you all have probably heard of the controversy regarding the Gold medal winning South African track star Caster Semenya, who after winning the 800 meter race at the World Championships held in Berlin, Germany, was requested to take [...]
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Andrew Marin: Straight Guy in a Queer World
Katherine Britton – Crosswalk.com News & Culture Editor
In high school, Andy Marin admits he was a Bible-banging homophobe who had a habit of calling people “fag.” All that changed in the space of three months, when his three best friends came out to him, leaving him reeling. Those [...]
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Just a dude trying to learn how to live and love. 
