Entries Categorized as 'Gifted by Otherness'

I’m Channeling Sally “You Really Like Me” Fields

Date May 12, 2008

Have you ever sought the approval of others or been obsessed with what others think about you? No. Wait. I’m probably the only one. Or am I? Maybe I’m wrong. Do you think I’m wrong? I wonder if you think this is a weak opening. Do you think it is? Maybe it’s not good enough [...]

Four Days

Date May 9, 2008

Miracles happen. Water turns to wine. A basket of fish and bread becomes a feast for a crowd. The dead are raised with a two-word command. A glob of mud and the blind see. A hemorrhage ceases with a touch to a garment’s edge. Miracles happen, and everything changes in the blink of an eye, [...]

For Such A Time As This

Date May 7, 2008

For Such A Time As This When I wrote the other day that I believe we are who we are and we love who we love because it’s by God’s design and for God’s purpose that we’re GLBTQ people; when I called being gay a divine calling, a holy vocation and for the sake of [...]

More Than Ourselves Alone

Date May 4, 2008

More Than Ourselves Alone Why are you gay? What’s the first answer that comes to your mind? I’m being tested by God to see if I’ll remain obedient and faithful. I’m being tempted by the enemy who wants to destroy me. I was born with a defect in my personality or a genetic flaw. Something [...]