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Channeling Your Spirituality: 10 Steps To Help You Navigate Your Congregation

November 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Derrick Clifton It’s not easy being a religious queer person. It’s even harder while part of a congregation that spews homophobia in pulpits and prevents LGBT people from attaining […]

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Advice, Friends, Religion
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Why I Haven’t Dropped Out of Seminary

November 13, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Todd Andrew Clayton Two months ago, I jigsawed everything I owned into four modest suitcases and boarded a Southwest flight from San Francisco to New York City, successfully completing […]

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Life, Religion
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The Problem of the Straight Savior: Thoughts On an Unredeeming Social Experiment

November 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Derrick Clifton As a gay Christian who grew up internalizing anti-gay theology, I can do without Timothy Kurek attempting to describe any aspect of what I endured. It’s unacceptable for him […]

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Ally, Coming Out, Equality, Gay, Homophobia, LGBT, Religion, Straights
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A Call to Love All People: How Anti-Gay Christians Reject Christ’s Teaching on Love

October 24, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Michael Overman Back in May, I was appalled to read that a Baptist Pastor in North Carolina, Charles L. Worley, had proclaimed his desire, from the pulpit on a […]

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LGBT, Religion
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Sacred Space: Room at the Table for Everyone

October 23, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Khai Devon Standing across the street from an unassuming church building, I nervously suck down a cigarette and eye the young mother helping her two children up the stairs. […]

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identity, Interfaith, LGBT, Religion, Uncategorized
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Whispers and Quiet Strength: Why I Have Faith

October 19, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Michael Overman Over the course of my life, one question that’s been asked of me time and time again is why I still have faith. After having my biological […]

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LGBT, Life, Memoir, Personal, Religion
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Making Room For All God’s People: Why I Stepped Down from UMC Ordination

October 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Michael Overman Little did I know that a private message I received from a fellow member of the Gay Christian Network nearly four years ago would drastically change the […]

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Gay, Homophobia, LGBT, Life, Religion
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As You Are: What We Can Learn From Desmond Tutu

October 1, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by Sophie Turton “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Desmond Tutu We live each […]

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LGBT, Religion, Social Justice
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No More Bandaids: A Call to the Freedom from Religion Foundation and Mainstream Atheist Organizations

September 24, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Andrew Tripp Last Monday, I got this e-mail from the Freedom from Religion Foundation, with the subject title “Tell Illinois schools to stand by Jessica Ahlquist!”: Three Illinois public […]

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Activism, Atheism, Education, Religion, Social Justice
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Why I Abandoned My Faith But Still Consider Myself A Catholic

September 18, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mark Nott I came to god under similar circumstances as most of us who find god later in life: I was looking for something. I was in need of […]

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Coming Out, Family, Gay, Homophobia, Interfaith, LGBT, Life, Personal, Queers, Religion, Society, Uncategorized

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