Tag "God"

Our Stories 31 Comments

THE POINT OF NO RETURN

My father died. After a two-year-long battle with cancer, He lost. In the period when He fought this illness, right after He was diagnosed, prayers abounded. My family prayed. Relatives

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KEEPING FAITH

My last semester in university was a roller coaster, but it turned out better than I thought it would be. At first, I wanted nothing more than to just graduate

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John Pavlovitz: “If God Is Love, God Is For Same-Sex Marriage.”

Originally published on johnpavlovitz.com   The Catholic Church doesn’t need to bless same-gender unions. The Southern Baptist Church doesn’t. The United Methodist Church doesn’t. No church needs to. God already

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BECAUSE OF TOMORROW

I was 8 the very first time I prayed. I mean like really prayed. It wasn’t for lost crayons or primary school squabbles or anything. I had been having these

The Happenings 4 Comments

This ‘ex-gay’ preacher believes that coronavirus was sent by God to cancel Pride parades

A Christian ‘ex-gay’ preacher is “giving thanks to God for coronavirus” because it caused the cancellation of Pride. Rosaria Butterfield, who identified as a lesbian before converting to Christianity and

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THINKING ABOUT GOD, THOSE WHO WORSHIP HIM AND THE OTHERS

For the longest time, even when I was a growing child, I never really understood why people felt so negatively toward gay people. I always wondered why people had so

Opinion Pieces 5 Comments

God is Not a Straight Man

God is not a dude. God is not a man. God is not a He. Growing up, I was taught that “He” most certainly was all of those things—and it

Fiction 20 Comments

THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO STAND JUDGMENT

It was Christmas Eve. My paternal extended family had a ritual of spending the day before Christmas Day together. Last year, it had been at Uncle Sebastian’s house at Elekahia

Editor's Desk 4 Comments

Lessons Learned From ‘She Called Me Woman’ (Entry 5)

[Click here for LESSON 4] LESSON 5 From the chapter, ‘My Sexuality Is Just The Icing On The Cake’, OW has this to say: “There are times when I study

The Happenings 4 Comments

Italian Cardinal Says Abortion And Homosexuality Show The ‘Final Battle’ Between God And Satan Has Come

The prophecy of the Fatima visionary Sister Lucia that the final battle between God and Satan will be about marriage and the family is being fulfilled today, said a cardinal