Christian. Lesbian.
It’s not a contradiction. Neither are you.
When I wrote that phrase some time ago and as I write this post today I’m thinking of you who believe there’s no such thing as a “Christian lesbian.” You consider the term to be a contradiction of terms but more than that, you regard it an offense [...]

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healing and reconciliation are not only what we offer to the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered person who walks through the doors of our faith community, but ultimately they are the gifts we give ourselves. By enlarging our embrace, we enlarge our own capacity to be embraced by the passionate love and holy presence of God among us. By being a voice of reconciliation to others, God’s voice calls those alienated places within us to new and uncharted levels of reconciliation. By being a hand of healing to another, God touches the hidden places within us that yearn desperately for healing. We all need to be recipients of healing and reconciliation, not because we are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered or straight, but because we are human.

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This message was presented during a “Coming-Out” service at Pacific School of Religion in the Fall of 2002 by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry (CLGS). Click here for the audio transcript.
My name is Anita. I’m a third year student here at Pacific School of Religion, seeking ordination in [...]

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I wrote this article for LOGOS, the student publication for Pacific School of Religion (PSR) in the Spring of 2003 during my graduate studies. I’ve posted it here with the hope it would lead to personal reflection for all of us located within a more progressive or liberal Christian context.
I was a fundamentalist Christian for [...]

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This articles was written in response to the events that unfolded in February 2004 during a brief window of time when the City of San Francisco issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
My partner and I, together for four years, have met dozens of gay and lesbian couples over the last week who have been together [...]

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This seems a reasonable question for any gay or lesbian Christian to ask, particularly when so many within the Christian church have said and done all they can to let GLBTQ people know just how unwelcome and unwanted they are, unless of course, they consent to denying or repenting of their sexual orientation…
…and certainly I’m [...]

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This was my ordination sermon, based on John 17:20-26, and preached on May 23, 2004.
“I do not pray for these only, but also for those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in [...]

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