Would it not be a violation of free will for God to include those who have deliberately chosen by their will to refuse or reject God? I could take this question in a million directions but instead I’m going to give an answer that ends before everyone’s attention span does. It might be close. I [...]

Posted in Engaging Conversation, Theology 4 Comments »

So you know how it goes. Someone on the opposite side of an issue, oh let’s say about being gay and Christian for an example, asks you a question but you know they aren’t asking because they really want to hear what you have to say. Instead they ignore the answer you labored thoughtfully over [...]

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Monday morning. Gray skies with a chance of rain. And me at the computer with a cup of lukewarm coffee and a mishmash of questions on sin, judgment and hell swirling around in my head. I usually just have my caffeine with a splash of milk and a spoon of sweetener. In my post on [...]

Posted in Love and Grace, Theology 8 Comments »

Because our faith as Christians is such a personal thing for each of us, (we don’t call it a personal relationship with God through Christ without reason!) I tend to stay away from grinding through Christian doctrines and specific theological concepts on this blog unless they directly impact the spiritual reconciliation of GLBTQ people. This [...]

Posted in Faith, Theology 2 Comments »

Maybe I should ease into this post by doing my usual schtick of rambling around the edges before getting to the point, and there are times, believe it or not, when opinionated and straightforward me taps lightly around my beliefs because I know for those located in, or coming from, a conservative Christian tradition as [...]

Posted in Love and Grace, Periodic Reflections on the Love of God 22 Comments »

Heaven will solve our problems, but not, I think, by showing us subtle reconciliations between all our apparently contradictory notions. The notions will all be knocked from under our feet. We shall see that there never was any problem. And more than once, that impression which I can’t describe except by saying it’s like the [...]

Posted in Love and Grace, Theology 10 Comments »

I know that there are a number of you who follow this blog through various subscriptions which means SisterFriends comes to you via email or RSS feed rather than you coming to SisterFriends. As someone who regularly follows more than 100 blogs myself I appreciate the convenience of doing it that way but it comes [...]

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