I have been on vacation for the past week. We didn’t go anywhere tropical, exotic or fancy. We stayed at home. I was quite disappointed because we planned to spend our week in Provincetown Mass, a new England village nestled between the shores of Cape Code. However, circumstances intervened and as a result P-Town was exchanged for our…
Category: Faith
Ode To Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps was dying. I read the news with a cup of coffee in my hand. He and his followers of Westboro Baptist picketed so many funerals. In 1998 they began their public ministry at the funeral of a young gay man who had been savagely beaten, crucified and left alone to die. They…
On Setting Boundaries…
Thought for today: I’ve spent most of my life a peacemaker and in the process I have forfeited my own peace. Why? Simply because I failed to set boundaries. The desire to make everything right for everyone else has not only ruined many friendships but it has effectively taught others how to disrespect me. If…
The Liar We Believe
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell… abhors you…He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire…You are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked…You hang by a slender thread…” ____Jonathan Edwards/Sinners in the hands of an Angry God How…
Jesus Freaks Incognito
Am I a Jesus-freak? This question slapped me in the face as I flipped through the pages of a very old Bible. My fingers journeyed through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and my eyes read the captions above each grouping of verses. It honestly felt as if I had picked up an old photo album…
There Are Weirdo’s in the Bible!
There are many weirdo’s in the Bible. I’ve been pondering this concept as I sit in my chair listening to the birds outside my window. It’s snowing outside and everything is being laid to rest with a clean white blanket. I love that clean white blanket because it covers up the ugliness and dirt of…
Gay Christians…Is It Possible?
On Religion…and Coming Out Corinne and I are reading the book, “21 Ways to Finding Peace and Happiness.” As many of you know we work opposite shifts so we each read the same snippet during our respective times off and then journal our thoughts and ideas in the same composition book. It feels good to…
Redhead Reflections 