ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

Here are just a few of the many great quotes from our invited keynote speakers (that made it into my journal) from last week’s 2008 Exodus Freedom Conference. They may not be exact transcripts and surely not comprehensive.
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It is midnight… I have been running since 7am and I just finished editing my workshop for tomorrow. Among the many things I did today, three of them were various interviews.
The following is not something I interviewed for but it is a good article about our conference this week.
Exodus International, which claims to be [...]

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Yesterday, Sunday morning… they youngin’s went and had church up on the high ropes course. I didn’t join them because of my pulled calf muscle. I really … honestly … truly … enjoy ropes courses. I did the high ropes the last time we were here at Ridgecrest. I had a blast. The zip line, [...]

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Well, most of this holiday has been vegging out at home. Last Thursday night was the big fireworks show about two miles away. I went and watched them from the porch of my “ultra liberal Bostonian” neighbors. I use quotes because that is how they describe themselves. Anyway more about that in a minute.
Friday, didn’t [...]

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PhotoFriday
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Visit Wordle
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In the news …
Eye On Outreach: Exodus International
Group Brings Hope and Change to Homosexuals
Posted on: 06/26/2008
by Renee Targos
Fifteen years ago, Randy Thomas, executive vice president of Exodus International, was living life as a gay man. “All of my relational, political and social needs were defined by a worldview that fed my appetites and met my [...]

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I have spent the better part of two hours writing a post about Gay marriage in California. Normally I am all over this issue and full of opinions. Now … it is honestly and probably one of the most difficult “marriage” posts I have written. At least that’s what it feels like. In the rough [...]

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Seemingly, in Canada, not only can you be punished for speaking out about your religious convictions concerning sexuality, you can be banned from ever communicating about them ever again.
From the Exodus: Live Out Loud Blog:
“Mr. Boissoin and The Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. shall cease publishing in newspapers, by e-mail, on the radio, in public speeches, [...]

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This is a *great* sermon from last Sunday.
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