DEAD SERIOUS -- FATHER CHRISTIAN TROLL: ¨Feeling sexually attracted to people of your own gender isn´t any more a sin than feeling attracted to people of a different gender.¨

¨Feeling sexually attracted to people of your own gender isn’t any more a sin than feeling attracted to people of a different gender. Despite what some (often very dishonest) Christians claim, being gay, or lesbian, or transgendered, or anywhere in between, doesn’t mean you can’t follow Christ without pretending to be someone you’re not. Nor does God hate your sexuality, and "biblical" arguments to the contrary are exactly the same as those once used to justify obscenities like slavery, as well as idiocies like the idea women shouldn’t vote, drive cars, or operate office typewriters (yep – people really did once use the bible to justify that last one).

If you’ve somehow wandered here from the type of places that want you to believe God doesn’t love you as you are, and you find the idea of walking away from self-hatred and guilt frightening, then – please – remember you’re not alone. A lot of people have been along that path before you, and their journeys are proof that you also can find life and the light of Christ on the other side of “ex-gay” judgmental bitterness.

Anyone wanting support along the way in North America should try contacting Integrity HERE those in Great Britain can get in touch with the wonderful team at Changing Attitude HERE. Or you’re always welcome to email me and I’ll do my best to confidentially find the details of someone in your region. Just please don’t ever buy into the lie that the Pharisees speak for God.

They don’t, and the love for you God revealed in Jesus proves so.¨  please read it all, HERE

‘Fr. C.’

·  Thanks to GAFCON, sidebar
·  Thanks to Father Christian Troll

LURKING IN THE SHADOW OF DR. ROWAN WILLIAMS: ¨There are some dark corners in the Church of England where activity, unhealthy in terms of human wholeness and flourishing, takes place...¨

ATTN Archbishop Rowan Williams: ¨When people are not able to bring their full selves into the presence of other people (and into the divine presence), as happens in the House of Bishops, the fruits of their labours are going to be less creative and less inclined to human flourishing... ¨

How will the House of Bishops take discussions about human sexuality forward?

¨It has been very difficult to get an accurate picture of life inside the House of Bishops. One thought that a gay bishop was open about his sexuality in the House, but no other bishops confirmed this, and most were unaware that there were any gay bishops. I’ve learnt things that I’m not going to make public, but reinforce the danger to human lives, wives, children and partners when the conservative lobby groups in the church force people to hide their true selves and deny their sexuality, with the result that they act out in inappropriate and abusive ways.

I’ve thought a lot about what has happened in the Murdoch empire and the revelations about the News of the World. There are some dark corners in the Church of England where activity, unhealthy in terms of human wholeness and flourishing, takes place. When people are not able to bring their full selves into the presence of other people (and into the divine presence), as happens in the House of Bishops, the fruits of their labours are going to be less creative and less inclined to human flourishing...¨ please read it all, HERE

·  Thanks to Changing Attitude, Church of England
·  Thanks to The Reverend Colin Coward