tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post4966718625168290395..comments2023-10-24T07:15:57.850-06:00Comments on Eruptions At The Foot Of The Volcano: REAL STORIES/REAL PEOPLE: ¨Being Gay and Mormon are hard to balance¨Leonardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-54477039359833928272009-03-24T18:16:00.000-06:002009-03-24T18:16:00.000-06:00Hola Brian Cook,I´m so glad you stopped by and I h...Hola Brian Cook,<BR/><BR/>I´m so glad you stopped by and I hope you´ll visit us more often...because, we have a very big reason...we love and expect you to be exactly the authentic person that God has made you to be...I have many Mormon relatives and I love some of them dearly...we don´t speak about religious matters when we are together...we are lucky I guess to be able to deal with real issues, like GLAD TO SEE YOU, SIT RIGHT DOWN AND HAVE SOME ICE CREAM, HOW IS YOUR MOM AND DAD? That´s about it, but we share a blog that captures our mutual family history...most of it is English and Anglican...(smile).<BR/><BR/>Love to you and yours!<BR/><BR/>LeonardoLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-84175925515807091412009-03-24T17:27:00.000-06:002009-03-24T17:27:00.000-06:00This is Brian Cook, from the article.Thanks for po...This is Brian Cook, from the article.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this and for the great comments here. The pictures that were put together with the article really add to what was said.<BR/><BR/>I hope it could have made a difference for someone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141720566810549120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-50827656219048334772008-11-23T04:26:00.000-06:002008-11-23T04:26:00.000-06:00As always, Grandmère Mimi's wisdom gets us to the ...As always, Grandmère Mimi's wisdom gets us to the truth. While it's essential that we use scholarship to wrest the Bible from homophobic misinterpretation, the real battlefield isn't in the pages--it's in the people. Telling more stories like Brian's more often will do more to open their understanding than any other tool at our disposal.<BR/><BR/>Leonardo, thanks for putting this (and the post above) together so beautifully. And when you get a moment, swing by Straight-Friendly. There's something in today's post I'd like you to see.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271248501086241494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-21136750528148293902008-11-22T14:26:00.000-06:002008-11-22T14:26:00.000-06:00Leonardo, wonderful post and pictures. Thanks for...Leonardo, wonderful post and pictures. Thanks for Brian Cook's story. It's the stories, which, in themselves, carry great power, that can change hearts and minds which are not completely closed. I know. It happened to me.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-33145600228253001382008-11-21T17:42:00.000-06:002008-11-21T17:42:00.000-06:00Reveremd Göran Koch-SwahneI can´t believe I didn´t...Reveremd Göran Koch-Swahne<BR/><BR/>I can´t believe I didn´t keep all of your helpful translations at Jakes Place...thanks for being here and thanks for allowing me to publish some of your materials.<BR/><BR/>Best to you,<BR/><BR/>Leonardo RicardoLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-9377982386148364312008-11-21T10:16:00.000-06:002008-11-21T10:16:00.000-06:00Sorry you two, but I haven't saved any of my comme...Sorry you two, but I haven't saved any of my comments from Jake's place if they are not already posted on my blog (and that is only if they date from before November 2006, when Blogger destroyed my password).<BR/><BR/>But thanks! I'm honoured!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-59600449249076315372008-11-21T07:29:00.000-06:002008-11-21T07:29:00.000-06:00Leonardo,He has done a very fine job. Take a look...Leonardo,<BR/>He has done a very fine job. Take a look at Goran's blog this morning.Frank Remkiewicz aka “Tree”https://www.blogger.com/profile/00501821790434895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-68798948843320242592008-11-20T23:44:00.000-06:002008-11-20T23:44:00.000-06:00Oh Fred, do you think we could get Goran to do a l...Oh Fred, do you think we could get Goran to do a little revival of his Jakes key material for this blog? He is so helpful when spelling out what was REALLY said as opposed to what was said and then convulted into other meanings.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-33951639996908191792008-11-20T23:39:00.000-06:002008-11-20T23:39:00.000-06:00Leonardo,What a wonderfully thoughtful yet incisiv...Leonardo,<BR/>What a wonderfully thoughtful yet incisive post and with beautiful pictures. We have a copy of For The Bible Tells Me So and find the Tutu comments to be absolutely piercing. Thank you. <BR/><BR/>PS: I have a huge chunk of Goran's articles in this area. Saved them from when he was writing at Jake's Place. You are correct in that he corresponds with anyone -- I asked and he gave me some truly great stuff to think about. I have yet to met anyone more knowledgeable than Goran in this area.Frank Remkiewicz aka “Tree”https://www.blogger.com/profile/00501821790434895826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-65595588500729965872008-11-20T22:49:00.000-06:002008-11-20T22:49:00.000-06:00The whole thing makes me sad, but oddly glad...the...The whole thing makes me sad, but oddly glad...there is a certain purity that comes through about Brian...he still has a few moments of pain to be walked through with his Church, I think, but, he´s a very loveable soul and doesn´t damage easily...I can read it and feel it and I´ll light candles for him in Central America...he´s one of those people that I will revisit in my thoughts from time to time with my wishes for lifelong good...I will never meet or see him, but he will be there...I have my own private ensemble of well respected but private souls that I cherish and remember regularly...I bet you do too.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-16303473283469338332008-11-20T19:00:00.000-06:002008-11-20T19:00:00.000-06:00And to think that this happened in a SCHOOL for Go...And to think that this happened in a SCHOOL for God's sake! Ugh. There is just no comment strong enough for no one intervening on his behalf. None.Canyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737285360280766111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795165206797872713.post-2567318294760585422008-11-20T17:24:00.000-06:002008-11-20T17:24:00.000-06:00"When Brian Cook was in junior high, he was dragge..."When Brian Cook was in junior high, he was dragged around the auditorium theater stage with a rope around his neck for being different."<BR/>This makes me want to cry both as a teacher of adolescents who was taught way back in the 60's the psychological harm that could be done by ridicule whatever the reason and, of course, as a gay man who thankfully never suffered such overt oppression.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.com