“In New England no William Penn emerged to suggest that the English immigrants might live peaceably with the natives, on the divine theory that they, too, were children of the universal spirit…..There was simply not the confidence and wisdom and political skill to make one culture of two that were not that different.” –…
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Day 28 – Tribes and Sides
Is the road to hell paved with a vivid imagination? I’m sitting here watching my kids dressed up in Halloween costumes, at our secular homeschool co-op, blending in with the other costumed kids. My oldest is reading Harry Potter next to me and I’m wondering if this was the slippery road to hell everyone said it…
Day 27 – Flinching At Life
Art by messycanvas bumped from the archives I jump when they say, “Boo!” Why does my heart race and I feel alarm even when laughter has covered their faces, and I feel no shame in having been gotten? This fear, where does it come from? ***** It comes from sitting on the toilet and…
Day 22 – Dancing On Fear
Bumped from the archives to continue the theme of fear – and wow. We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary this year. “The wall was an edifice of fear…For 28 years, East Germans could not even approach it. On Nov. 9, 1989, people danced on it — and the world looked different afterward” —…
Day 20 – Christians Who Are Afraid
I’m reading Harry Potter for the first time, finally, and of course, it’s amazing. And that fact has left me wondering just what exactly the point of being a Christian is. Because it seems to me that everything I was taught growing up in church was just a big exercise in isolationism. My faith…
Walking Brave – A Zine for When Shame Gets in the Way
Earlier this year I thought I wanted to go to seminary, but it turns out what I really needed was to go to therapy. Church and faith issues. Discovering I grew up under a parent with a mental illness. Shame. Moving. Everything came to a head and culminated in me trying to distract myself….
Resources: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 9
Here’s a list of various blogs, websites, organizations, books, and movies related to the church, being gay, and HIV/AIDS. Blogs Queer Theology Anarchist Reverend Justin Lee Steve Gershom Anxious Gay Christian Middle Ground Dr. Trista Carr Eliel Cruz Julie Rodgers Eve Tushnet A Queer Calling Registered Runaway Jonas Weaver Freed Hearts Tangentials Spiritual Friendship Sacred…
The Rest of My Story: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 8
The ‘Gay Agenda’: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 7
I’ve been hearing about the ‘gay agenda’ (and the boycotts) for as long as I can remember. I’ve of course, never heard a word about the Christian agenda, even though it exists. I think it’s worth examining this list, that is very typical of the Evangelical Christian Complex’s (ECC) feelings towards non-straight people. Look…
Africa, Russia, the Past, and Now: Gays, AIDS, and the Church, Part 6
On the surface, the hate in America in the 80s and 90s and what’s going on in Africa and Russia now don’t seem to be related. But underneath, it is the same players and the same beliefs still at work. Many Christian leaders are still just as furious about any kind of tolerance or…