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Maybe you know Marsha Stevens
because she wrote a song you love, or because she came to your church to
do a concert. Maybe you know her because she's written theme songs for
every MCC General conference since 1985 or because she's paid for
someone from your church to be on a recording with her.
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Stevens became the first (and as of 2002, the
only) major singer in the contemporary Christian
music subculture to identify herself publicly as
a lesbian…Christian Century Magazine has said
that Stevens became "conservative Christianity's
worst nightmare - a Jesus-loving,
Bible-believing, God-fearing lesbian Christian."
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"Unless you become as little Children,
you can't see God's kingdom." --Jesus
"All you need is faith and trust... and a little bit of pixie
dust!" --Peter Pan
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Strathdee Music - Jim and Jean Strathdee are
internationally honored concert artists, worship and song leaders, have
written over 400 songs, hymns and anthems, including "I am the Light of
the World" and "What Does the Lord Require." Their music is sung by
faith communities on five continents, offering a message of unity and
compassion, justice and healing.
I am personally taken by "Walls Mark Our Bound'ries" from the
Pieces of Our Lives album. |
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AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN NEWSLETTER FOR
CROSSDRESSERS, TRANSGENDERED AND
TRANSSEXUALS
Jane Ellen Fairfax, Publisher
8880 Bellaire/B-2/Suite 104
Houston TX 77036
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WHAT WE ARE
The Grace and Lace Letter is a Christian publication for
transgendered persons. Our motto is "where Charity and Love
Prevail ...." In keeping with our motto, we will not publish
material bashing any transgendered or Christian person or group,
nor will we publish any ad hominem argument. We hope to bring
the message of God's unconditional love and forgiveness, as
shown to us once and for all by the saving life, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, to our transgendered brothers and
sisters. We welcome personal testimonies, teachings from God's
Holy Scriptures, prayers and poems and hymns, cartoons and
humorous stories, accounts of events affecting Christian
transgendered persons, and messages of hope and inspiration. Our
goal is to praise and worship God and bring His healing love to
His children.
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Hope Notes
Hope Notes - Affirms, supports,
and encourages LGBT persons for who they are! By email, HopeNotes provides a regular
source of affirmation, encouragement, and support for lesbian, gay bisexual, and
transgendered persons and their family, friends, and allies! INSPIRATION - While
HopeNotes DOES NOT intend to limit is words of hope to those from the Christian tradition,
it was words from Christian scripture that were some of the initial inspiration for
beginning this special emailing group. They stand as a beacon of hope for gay,
lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons who endure the intense struggles and
hostility of a culture that often is against them. They bring a bright light
to the dark, lonely closets that many sexual minorities face in our churches, schools,
workplaces, neighborhoods, and homes. |
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LGBT Christian Weekly
The
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Christian
Weekly is a weekly e-mail of Christian messages/teaching/sermonettes to help provide hope, healing, and God's love, mercy and
grace to anyone who signs up; especially to the LGBT community. |
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What is Enlightenment
Magazine? - Spirituality for the 21st Century. Are the
great religious traditions meeting the changing life conditions of
our time? Do we need a new spirituality to show us the way ahead?
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ABOUT US
The Progressive Christian is an
independent religious magazine of commentary, news and reflection. It is
published bi-monthly by the Boston Wesleyan Association, chartered in
1864 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a not-for-profit publisher
of religious materials. Its predecessor publication, Zion's Herald,
founded in 1823, was at the forefront of the 19th century
Social Gospel movement and a pioneering witness to progressive
Christianity throughout its distinguished 183-year history.
The Progressive Christian is unrelated to any
official body of the church and therefore enjoys total editorial freedom
as a responsible voice in the world of mainstream religious journalism.
The editor is Stephen Swecker, a religious journalist and editor
recognized nationally for more than a quarter of a century for his
writing, editing and photographic abilities. Mr. Swecker lives and works
in North Berwick, Maine. |
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An essential challenge for progressive Christianity is to define our
values based on the Christian values actually taught by Jesus and
preserved in the Bible and tradition. What we all tend to do, both
fundamentalist and progressive, is find support for our own cultural
prejudices in church and scripture. We need to reverse this trend. We
need to base our values in Christ and not in Culture. And that is the
essence of the progressive tradition.
As progressive Christians we need to focus on communicating these
Biblical values our values, the Christian values that we are founded
upon. We also need to be teaching those values, as a priority, to our
children as well as clarifying them for our adult members.
What are those values? They include: compassion, tolerance, justice,
love or charity, faith (meaning trust in a Creator and Creating God),
forgiveness, peacemaking and hopefulness.
At a time when much of what is proclaimed in the name of Christianity
polarizes our society and Christianity itself, there is a need for both
passionate and scholarly voices of compassion, tolerance, justice, love
and to present their views, share them with others, and enjoy vibrant
dialogues regarding theological, political, and social issues.
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Whosoever is a online
magazine intended for
the spiritual growth of
anyone who believes that
God made gays, lesbians,
bisexuals and
transgendered people
just the way they are,
and is not asking them
to change to be a part
of God's kingdom.
We invite you to
spend some time here and
we hope you enjoy your
journey through our e-zine.
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Since 1917, The Witness has been
examining church and society in light of faith and
conscience - advocating for those denied systemic
power as well as celebrating those who, in
theologian William Stringfellow's words, have found
ways to "live humanly in the midst of death."
Though we are independent publishing organization
unaffiliated with the institutional church, we have
deep Anglican roots. We were founded by Irving Peake
Johnson, Episcopal Bishop of Colorado, and our
corporate name is the "Episcopal Church Publishing
Company" (ECPC). We provide a depth of analysis on
spiritual questing and theology in practice, always
ready to hold our own cherished beliefs and
convictions up to scrutiny.
The Witness has served for decades as the
communications and organizing vehicle for
progressive Episcopalians in the U.S., and in more
recent years, in the international Anglican
Communion too. Historically, this ministry was
conducted through our print magazine. Currently, we
are published exclusively in an online format,
although we do continue to produce some print
products. Our web-based publishing reaches thousands
of worldwide readers through a free email
newsletter, and our articles, editorials, and news
coverage come from writers across the globe. |
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BELOVED DISCIPLE PRESS
BELOVED DISCIPLE PRESS publishes works for gay and lesbian
Christians with an emphasis on spirituality and activism. We are
non-denominational and non-sectarian.
"love your neighbor as YOURSELF" |
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Chi Rho Press eNewsletter
Chi Rho Press eNewsletter - Brought to you by the staff of Chi Rho Press, a Lesbian and Gay
Christian Publishing House. The eNewsletter will offer information about our publications,
special offers, links to our website, and articles about our authors. |
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Welcome Home! That is, welcome to my home page. I hope you'll
put your feet up on your computer (so to speak), feel
comfortable, and make yourself at home. That's the essence of
the spiritual life, in my view — to understand one's self as
welcome in this universe and beloved by God. So browse my pages
as you might the pages of a magazine on your coffee table. Check
out my photo album, my stack of books, my calendar, and read a
little of my life story, which may be similar to your own. And
don't forget to pet Calvin the dog! |
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 Gay
Christian Books & More!
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Rev. Irene Monroe is a
Ford Fellow and doctoral candidate at Harvard Divinity
School. One of Monroe’s outreach ministries is the
several religion columns she writes - “The Religion
Thang,” for
In Newsweekly, the
largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
newspaper that circulates widely throughout New
England, “Faith Matters” for
The
Advocate Magazine, a national gay & lesbian
magazine, and “Queer Take,” for
The Witness, a progressive Episcopalian
journal. Her writings have also appeared in Boston
Herald and in the Boston Globe. Her award-winning essay,
“Louis Farrakhan’s Ministry of Misogyny and
Homophobia”, was greeted with critical acclaim.
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The Owls Nest
proudly presents the pioneering
books of
John J. McNeill
These enlightening books full of healing wisdom,
joy and love,
make wonderful gifts for lovers, family, friends and associates.
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Queer Take
 
Queer Take - Rev. Irene Monroe - My column is an
integration of African American, gender, queer and religious studies. As
an religion columnist I try to inform the public of the role religion
plays in discrimination against LGBT people. Because homophobia is both
a hatred of the other and it’s usually acted upon ‘in the name of
religion,” by reporting religion in the news I am to highlight how
religious intolerance and fundamentalism not only shatters the goal of
American democracy, but also aids in perpetuating other forms of
oppressions such as racism, sexism, classism and anti-Semitism. My
audience is not only LGBT people, because as a theologian I also write
outside of that hermeneutical standpoint. |
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The Quest: To write
theology for queer youth (and adults) that's actually an
enjoyable read |
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