Dixie Chick-Fil-Ayed

August 2, 2012.Reading time 17 minutes.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37) All I could do today, when I saw pictures of the crowds surrounding […]

I Know Families Like Zach’s. They Bless Me.

May 3, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

I know this will sound like bragging, but I know kids like Zach.I know mothers like Zach’s mothers. God blesses us by bringing them to us as members of the Northaven community.(Sometimes as full members. Sometimes as “friends”) Being a family is hard work. It takes the love and support of many. That “many” ought […]

Questions for General Conference Delegates (About the Global Church)

April 29, 2012.Reading time 10 minutes.

Dear General Conference Delegates: While you are still in session in Tampa, there is still time to ask/answer questions about the nature of our global United Methodist Church. If the questions in this blog cannot be answered through the legislative process at this point, perhaps they can be discussed through informal “holy conferencing.” I have […]

My Interview on Lambda Weekly

November 15, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Last Wednesday, I was honored to be the guest on the “Lambda Weekly” Radio Program on KNON in Dallas. Lambda Weekly is the longest running radio program on LGBT issues in the nation. Host David Taffett invited me in studio, and we ended up having a wide-ranging discussion of the the inclusion of LGBT people […]

Bullying, And The Theology Behind It

November 15, 2010.Reading time 27 minutes.

(I intended to post this sermon weeks ago, but life marches on and I never got around to it. This was preached in response to the bullying deaths of several LGBT teens in the weeks prior. You can hear it here. Significantly, at the conclusion of the sermon it got a standing ovation…which I take […]

Clergy Cowardice?

July 1, 2009.Reading time 4 minutes.

Dear Clergy Colleagues: I am looking for your feedback and comments. I hope you will all take the time to read this great blog entry. The blog sites the results of several new surveys on the attitudes of both clergy and layfolks in various mainline denominations. It was written by Candace Chellew-Hodge and is entitled […]

Concerns Raised by the Rainbow Room Raid

June 29, 2009.Reading time 5 minutes.

This morning, as I read additional reports about the raid on the Rainbow Room in Fort Worth I am becoming more, not less, troubled. There are deeply troubling questions that remain unanswered…. 1) Why conduct this raid on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising??My GLBT friends are rightly concerned about the timing, as are […]

Inauguration Day Prayer from Bishop Gene Robinson

January 21, 2009.Reading time 6 minutes.

Thanks to Pastor Dan at Street Prophets for the heads up on this video and text. Below is the prayer of Bishop Gene Robinson, at the beginning of the “We Are One” concert on the Mall in Washington. (Blogged about yesterday, here) Apparently, the prayer has become somewhat controversial, in that the Inaugural Committee chose […]