Tag: spirituality
group name: lgbtlit
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May 05, 2008 08:13 AM EDT --
Last year, a lesbian couple in Wyoming, married in Canada, and mothers of three, got a surprise in the mail. At the request of their bishop ( David Ricken ), their pastor informed them by letter that . . . more
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April 09, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
As if to emphasize the fact that the laity are really beside the point in the view of the Pope Benedict XVI hierarchy, it appears that there will be no lay ministers serving at the Masses he is celebrating . . . more
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April 17, 2008 08:24 PM EDT --
Don't get me wrong. I am pleased and proud that members of the gay Catholic group Dignity staked out the roadside along the Popemobile's route through Washington DC. For years, . . . more
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May 31, 2008 09:46 AM EDT --
Sex and The Sacred: Gay Identity and Spiritual Growth , by Daniel A. Helminiak (Binghamton: Harrington Park Press, 2006), 235pp.
by Scott D. Pomfret (Author of Since My Last Confession, www.sincemylastconfession.com . . . more
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August 14, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
SODOM POEM ONE: the memory
This last night in Sodom
I sat barefooted at the well
in a new four-color robe
It was one of those places to be
or whatever, hang out
I love to gossip . . . more
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February 03, 2007 04:13 PM EST --
(Author's note: This collection of prose is meant to be read all in one sitting... each stanza leads into the next. Its a short work, but will get you thinking. I advise reading it with 20 minutes . . . more
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August 28, 2008 07:34 AM EDT --
I have a new defense for all those self-proclaimed orthodox bloggers who might criticize Saint Anthony Shrine for being welcoming of gay and lesbian Catholics:
At least we don’t have a Buddha.
It . . . more
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May 13, 2008 08:26 AM EDT --
In Sal Sapienza's 2006 novel, Seventy Times Seven , Vito Fortunato gets lots of guidance from God, but the messages do not come via the burning bush. For Vito, the voice of God is . . . more
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April 29, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina was a cutter . Like a twentieth-century Amy Winehouse or one of those hunched-shoulder hollow-eyed Goth girls sporting black eyeliner and nail polish . . . more
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April 06, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
Hey, folks.....
After the recent 'events' on Gather, I'd like to bring forth something I kind of held back for the second round of the First Chapters "contest." I think . . . more
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June 04, 2008 10:42 PM EDT --
Below please find author readings/signings scheduled so far for my funny new book "Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir." More added all the time -- check back here . . . . more
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February 05, 2008 11:28 PM EST --
Last week, I attended a panel discussion called " Sex on the Margins ." Hosted by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & . . . more
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March 22, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
First off, why is it that certain Christians in America (the evangelicals) seem to focus their attention so much on the Old Testement. If that is where they focus, shouldn't they be called Jews? But . . . more
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February 27, 2007 06:43 PM EST --
The Eqyptian Pharoahs had wives. They were Pagen (a religion) but one you would be hard pressed to find Christians supporting the institutions of. Presently we have Athiests getting married, with no complaint . . . more
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March 23, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
Bumper sticker philosophy tells me this all the time, "God Bless America", but what does it mean?
If God blesses America....
1) Then wouldn't 'it' have to bless . . . more
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March 16, 2008 09:47 PM EDT --
There will be no ceremonial flinging of the corned beef at Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston this year. The Cardinal has learned on the job. He may pick fights with gay folks , womenpriests . . . more
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October 09, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
Tibet:
Lamplight Unto a
Darkened World.....
. . . more
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August 12, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
A while back I wrote an extensive article about the high speed train to Lhasa Tibet. My critical response to an Article in WIRED Magazine, which wrongly extolled its engineering “virtues” and amazing . . . more
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February 28, 2007 06:03 PM EST --
My grandmother always talks of how much nicer and safer her communities were when she was a kid. During the depression, last I checked, people were not doing too well. This is the time she remembers, nostalgically, . . . more
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March 12, 2008 08:10 PM EDT --
Below is an email from the group "Students for a Free Tibet"..... It is meant to be shared with people So, please send it out to folks..... The Tibetans are being beat up and put in prison . . . more
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