Don’t Cast Your Pearls Before Swine

2014-07-10T10:01:11-05:00

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More Dangerous than Westboro’s Phelps? Oh Yes!

Last updated on: July 10, 2014 at 10:01 am By Susan Cottrell

“Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and you crack that wrist. Man up! Give him a good punch.” – Pastor Sean Harris, Berean Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC Yup, that’ll teach ‘em, especially because nothing says “my son is gay” like a limp wrist. Dennis Leatherman, Pastor at Mountain Lake Independent Baptist Church, Oakland, MD used a sermon to talk about his internal struggle with his fleshly temptation to kill gay people.... Read more

2014-07-09T09:37:35-05:00

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Would Jesus Dance at a Gay Wedding?

Last updated on: July 9, 2014 at 9:37 am By Susan Cottrell

“Jesus would be the first to toast the happy couple, the first to dance.” Those were my words from a post I did about not missing your gay child’s wedding. Then I got an email. I thought it was worth answering for others here on the blog who may have the same questions. The comments from the reader’s email are in italics and indented – my words are in regular type…. My heart stopped when I read that last sentence [about... Read more

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2014-07-07T10:17:52-05:00

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Marriage Equality and Prohibition

Last updated on: July 7, 2014 at 10:17 am By Susan Cottrell

“The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in the United States is closely connected with this.” Albert Einstein They tried it – tried to ‘shut down sin’ by prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol. It didn’t work. On a... Read more

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2014-07-04T09:50:35-05:00

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Life is Sweet, Bittersweet

Last updated on: July 4, 2014 at 9:50 am By Susan Cottrell

“This one is for the girl who says those voices in her head, never leave her alone. Don’t listen to your teacher, you’re not crazy, just smarter than the rest of them.” At a conference last week, I had the pleasure of meeting the Troubadours of Divine Bliss. Two beautiful, talented women with tender, creative, amazing spirits and hearts, and inspiring, profound music. I thought you might appreciate their cover of the song, Life is Sweet. Click for the video, and... Read more

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2014-07-03T10:15:22-05:00

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Gays in the Church? Not Until They Clean up Their Act

Last updated on: July 3, 2014 at 10:15 am By Susan Cottrell

Oh, not the gays – the church! You’re not going to see many gays in the church until the church cleans up its act. By church, I mean the ‘non-affirming’ church. The church that doesn’t affirm people, but only affirms behavior. Behavior within a certain range is acceptable; other behavior is not. And they get to pick and choose. And by cleaning up its act, I mean moving its focus to loving God and loving others – exactly what Jesus called... Read more

The Real Jesus

2014-07-02T10:25:44-05:00

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Come to the Dark Side – We Have Cookies!

Last updated on: July 2, 2014 at 10:25 am By Susan Cottrell

My friend just texted me: “I’m causing quite a stir with my meeting with the pastor!” She just met with him to talk about her gay son, whom she supports 100%. She spent a year afraid her son was going to hell – and because she was loving him unconditionally, she was in danger of hell, too. (Isn’t it a sad state of affairs that people threaten hell for the LGBTQ issue?) She and her husband knew their son was... Read more

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2014-07-01T10:04:32-05:00

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Beware of Flying Scripture

Last updated on: July 1, 2014 at 10:04 am By Susan Cottrell

Are you getting a little tired of people pulling out scripture to entrap you, tell you how wrong you are, and tell you to change? I am! I’m tired of people doing it to me, and I’m tired of them doing it to you. Jesus is tired of it too, and I’ll tell you why. Only two parties used scripture as “correction”: the religious leaders and satan. Did you catch that? Only religious leaders and satan used scripture to correct others. I’m not sure... Read more

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2014-06-27T09:57:49-05:00

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Bring Out The Heterosexual In You

Last updated on: June 27, 2014 at 9:57 am By Susan Cottrell

Bring out the heterosexual in you? What?!? Watch this entertaining but terribly unnerving clip from John Stewart about Texas’ renewed commitment to the miserably failed, dangerous and harmful “reparative therapy.” Just click on the photo above to watch. When the clinical psychologist was asked about “trying to get the gay out of people,” he said, “I would rather say we’re trying to bring out the heterosexuality in you.” Seriously? “But that’s the thing they don’t have in them,” John Stewart said. “It’s like... Read more

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2014-06-26T10:30:17-05:00

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How Beautiful Are You?

Last updated on: June 26, 2014 at 10:30 am By Susan Cottrell

Hannah, my beautiful youngest daughter, once told me she felt much more comfortable with her theater friends than with her Christian friends. She felt welcomed, included, and free – but not in her Christian group. Why? Because she could be who she is. She was safe to be Hannah without people watching for some kind of wrong action or wrong attitude. She didn’t always have to wonder if this or that was “accepted” in the group. This is a huge... Read more

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