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Engaging Our Gay Friends and Loved One’s With Honor and Respect – Bridging The Gap Synchroblog

June 24, 2009

Wendy invited me to participate in her “Bridging The Gap” Synchro blog. The following is the purpose of the event:
The purpose of this synchroblog is to share positive stories, ideas, suggestions on how we can bridge the gaps between people on the topic of faith and sexuality. Another way to put it is, “How [...]

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Chased, Caught – Reprinting As A Father’s Day Article

June 21, 2009

I pray you all have had a good Father’s day. At church I had the fortune of seeing Alan give the Father’s day sermon. Then, I came home, called my Step-dad, and then was very purposeful to lay by or swim in the pool for at least 90 minutes. Then I just did some [...]

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Is The Christian Post-Gay Journey Determined by Insecurity, Intimidation or Self-Determined Faith in God? – Ask It Basket

June 17, 2009

Peter, a new commenter, writes:
Randy,
Thank you for your reply.
Okay. There was a lot in there to digest. I come to you because I truly want to understand. Here are my thoughts on this:
(1) Having (now) looked at some ex-gay/post-gay/exodus materials, it seems that almost everyone comes to the Exodus movement because they [...]

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Ask University to Include Love Won Out Perspective

June 8, 2009

This is great:
Take Action: Ask University to Include Love Won Out Perspective
by Jennifer Mesko, editor
The ‘Religion and Homophobia’ panel discussion seems awfully one-sided.
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Resource Center at Grand Valley State University in western Michigan is planning an interesting event Thursday evening — just two days before Focus on the [...]

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Madonna Needs to Watch Out for Lightning Bolts

May 19, 2009

Of course I don’t believe God is threatened by Madonna or sends lightning bolts down on those who say stupid silly things. Of course whatever that is on Madonna’s head might act like a lightning rod.

If you click on the picture it will take you to a site that has 32 of the music industries [...]

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Your Beliefs About Homosexuality Matter

April 24, 2009

… Boundless Line: Your Beliefs about Homosexuality Matter. Yes, your beliefs matter. But not just as a matter of public opinion or even cultural trends. They matter to God. And eventually, ultimately, we’ll all have to stand before Him and give an account for each and every one of those beliefs. …

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Resurrection Sunday 2009 – Come Home

April 12, 2009

::: rolling over in bed ::: It's 8am? I am wide awake at 8 am? I am never wide awake at 8 am on Sunday?
"I woke you up."::: brush my teeth, crazify my hair, shave … ::: start to iron my clothes, turn on the contemporary Christian music station :::
and I cry … and [...]

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Hey Death?! Back OFF! It’s Done Already – Good Friday 2009

April 10, 2009

Good Friday is a day we Christians meditate the Sacrifice Christ made for us on the Cross. Part of the Easter meditation is to consider the torture and death of Jesus. That's as important as considering His resurrection. Why did He die? What did He die specifically for me for? How does His atonement affect [...]

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Grace Makes the Sinner Willing

March 17, 2009

Grace Makes the Sinner Willing « Of First Importance.

“God saves no man to his harm. And God saves none against his will. Grace makes the sinner willing. It is a secret exercise of omnipotence on the hidden man of the heart coaxing and alluring him to salvation and glory by Christ. It is always effectual [...]

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The Cycle of Life Is Glorious

March 7, 2009

Eleven days ago, we went to lunch to celebrate one of my best friends birthday. Alan is a great guy and while it wasn't the actual day of his birthday it was a time we could get the whole staff together to go to lunch. I came to work for Alan six years and [...]

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When They’re Gay – Mike Ensley on Boundless

February 25, 2009

Mike Ensley is a great writer. I enjoy reading his articles but this may be my favorite to date. There is SO much good stuff in the article it was hard to not quote the whole thing. However, here is the final section:

Love Endures Hate

My last point is sad but true. You need to be [...]

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Another Version of The Family – Polyamory Up Next

February 23, 2009

We had Max's version … now we have another version of the family … polyamory.

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Fast forward to today, and our family is now composed of Alan, Eric, Leslie, Amber, and myself, plus our children: Todd, Steve, Jennifer, Lisa, and Amber is currently pregnant. Eric and Leslie are legally married, and we've added a few rooms [...]

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My New Friend Roxanne

February 19, 2009

On a recent trip, I look over and this lady is curled up into her seat. We are at the gate waiting to fly home to Orlando. She is sitting upright but has everything pulled up under her very nice white, fur trimmed, coat. She is a black lady with pretty [...]

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Open Minded Doesn’t Always Equate to Wisdom

February 16, 2009

I started writing this in my journal not so long ago. Hope it makes sense.

Just because we can perceive most or all angles to a situation doesn’t make us “open minded.”
Just because we can analyze different perspectives doesn’t make us wise.

Perceiving the angles and analyzing different perspectives does bring a level of knowledge. [...]

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The Trials of Ted Haggard

February 13, 2009

Ted stated near the end of the documentary:
At this stage of my life I am a loser, a first class loser.
I finally got to watch the documentary and have to admit I am deeply moved for Pastor Haggard. His progression downward into anger and bitterness toward his church wasn’t nearly as awful as some [...]

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Speak For Yourself Porky – Gym Update

February 9, 2009

I love my gym.

I thought it was time for another gym update. It’s crazy busy and tonight, I don’t think I have seen that many people at the gym all at once. Seriously, tonight’s crowd even beat the first Monday after New Years. Regardless, I was able to go through and do [...]

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Ex-Gay = Straight?

February 4, 2009

Rose writes:
>I don’t see our “thinking” has changed at all.

Hmmm. I preceive there being less suggestion that ex-gay = straight. You don’t think so?

>All of the questions you have asked are available in short form in many areas across this blog and the Exodus website.

Well, I know. I guess I wanted some analysis on how [...]

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Free Will, Raging Heterosexuality and Playing Games with God

January 31, 2009

James comments:
If you really believe being gay is a sin and you seek to live a life of celibacy or chastity or want to try to convert yourself into a heterosexual, more power to you, I guess. A life without sex is certainly possible.
For me it has led to a celibate life (so far) but [...]

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Oprah & Pelosi Highlight Haggard

January 28, 2009

I watched the Oprah show featuring Ted this afternoon. Before I get to that here is a very interesting quote from Pelosi who created the documentary being aired tomorrow. Pelosi states…
I’m not a really religious person. We consider ourselves to be Catholics, but we think of it more as a cultural thing. But [...]

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- phoenixmd: Randy, You accuse me of reducing someone to nothing more than a narrow, limited, negative buzzword, but...
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God

Engaging Our Gay Friends and Loved One’s With Honor and Respect – Bridging The Gap Synchroblog

Chased, Caught – Reprinting As A Father’s Day Article

Is The Christian Post-Gay Journey Determined by Insecurity, Intimidation or Self-Determined Faith in God? – Ask It Basket

Ask University to Include Love Won Out Perspective

Madonna Needs to Watch Out for Lightning Bolts

Your Beliefs About Homosexuality Matter

Resurrection Sunday 2009 – Come Home

Hey Death?! Back OFF! It’s Done Already – Good Friday 2009

Grace Makes the Sinner Willing

The Cycle of Life Is Glorious

When They’re Gay – Mike Ensley on Boundless

Another Version of The Family – Polyamory Up Next

My New Friend Roxanne

Open Minded Doesn’t Always Equate to Wisdom

The Trials of Ted Haggard

Speak For Yourself Porky – Gym Update

Ex-Gay = Straight?

Free Will, Raging Heterosexuality and Playing Games with God

Oprah & Pelosi Highlight Haggard

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