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2013-04-02T23:25:06-05:00

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Safe Havens

Last updated on: April 2, 2013 at 11:25 pm By Andrew Marin

The following post is from Brent Bailey, a Master of Divinity student at Abilene Christian University. Brent will be interning with us again at The Marin Foundation this summer and you can find his blog at oddmanout.net. I want us to imagine the church functioning as a support system that empowers people to come out. . I was recently reacquainted with a well-known quote from Harvey Milk: “Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell... Read more

2013-04-01T10:30:44-05:00

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Open Letter to Closeted LGBT Christians

Last updated on: April 1, 2013 at 10:30 am By Andrew Marin

The following post comes from the anonymous blogger behind The Registered Runaway, a gay man navigating his way through faith, sexuality and inner peace. I’m writing this to the closeted LGBT Christians out there, but in a way, I’m writing this to myself. When I was where you are, alone and in agony, I wish someone would’ve written to me. Just a word from a world where there were others. And maybe your story is a lot like mine.... Read more

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2013-03-29T07:49:18-05:00

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Reminder.

Last updated on: March 29, 2013 at 7:49 am By Andrew Marin

This post is written by Michael Kimpan, our Associate Director at The Marin Foundation. Particularly in a week like this one, the importance of our work at The Marin Foundation as bridge builders and peacemakers is highlighted. Amidst the tension-filled spaces that took up nearly every corner of the internet and social media due to the SCOTUS hearings on Prop 8 and DOMA, the false choice of being one of ‘us’ or one of ‘them’ was again presented passionately along... Read more

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2013-03-26T23:03:47-05:00

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Stunted by Shame

Last updated on: March 26, 2013 at 11:03 pm By Andrew Marin

The following post is from Michael Overman. Michael is interning with us this year while working towards his Masters of Divinity at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. You can check out his blog at findingthebalance.net. As I was growing up, one of the primary ways I was disciplined was through the mechanism of shame. When I would do something wrong, rather than making it clear that my actions were wrong, I was often made to believe that something was wrong with me, that something within... Read more

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2014-04-01T15:05:14-05:00

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The Blame Game

Last updated on: April 1, 2014 at 3:05 pm By Andrew Marin

The following post is from Laura Statesir, Director of Family and Youth at The Marin Foundation. We live in a culture of blame, but is that the way it’s supposed to be? In John 9, Jesus and his disciples are walking along and spot a blind man begging for money. This man is an outcast, but Jesus, of his own initiative, approaches the man, spits in the mud, and heals the man’s blindness. Later the man’s neighbors and the Pharisees... Read more

2013-03-21T16:13:52-05:00

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Symptomatic.

Last updated on: March 21, 2013 at 4:13 pm By Andrew Marin

This post is written by Michael Kimpan, our Associate Director at The Marin Foundation. This week the blogosphere was abuzz with all sorts of news in the conversation between the LGBT community and the church. First, Republican Senator Rob Portman did an about-face on his previous position opposing marriage for same-sex couples as a result of his son coming out to he and his wife. The Senator admittedly ‘wrestled with how to reconcile [his] Christian faith‘ with his desire for his... Read more

Bridging Opposing Worldviews

2013-03-20T10:15:51-05:00

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Living in the Tension Gathering – Mon. March 25

Last updated on: March 20, 2013 at 10:15 am By Andrew Marin

For the Living in the Tension gathering this upcoming Monday, March 25, we’ll be continuing our conversation on pornography. We’ll be starting our time together with a video sharing a perspective on the influences of pornography on brain chemistry that leads into a discussion about how addictions form in general. We would love to have you join us to share your thoughts on the topic as we start to explore ideas around addiction. You can join us for the night... Read more

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2013-03-18T00:59:16-05:00

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Moving and Coming Out

Last updated on: March 18, 2013 at 12:59 am By Andrew Marin

The following post is from Trista L. Carr, Psy.D. Dr. Carr is a Clinical Psychologist and has a private practice in San Francisco, CA. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA, where she was a research assistant for the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity. She obtained an M.A. degree in Community Counseling from The University of Akron in Ohio. Her research and clinical interests are in the integration of Christian faith, psychology,... Read more

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2013-03-15T09:06:10-05:00

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That Jerk….Beloved

Last updated on: March 15, 2013 at 9:06 am By Andrew Marin

The following post was written by Kevin Harris. Kevin serves as the Administrative Assistant and Director of Community Relations at The Marin Foundation. ‘They’ does not exist A constructed ‘other’ to rally the troops And God knows it works Every movement needs a devil Someone to project my own demons onto Someone to blame Lest I have to deal with the disorders in my own soul See in myself what I hate in you And realize that but by... Read more

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2013-03-13T09:12:36-05:00

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Dreaming :: An Acts to Grind.

Last updated on: March 13, 2013 at 9:12 am By Andrew Marin

This post is written by Michael Kimpan, our Associate Director at The Marin Foundation. Peter had just done the impossible. He healed a paralyzed man simply by speaking the name of Jesus. Shortly thereafter he told a dead girl to wake up, and she did. Everyone in town believed. Some thought Peter himself was worthy of worship. He knew he was just a man… but he also knew the words the Rabbi had spoken to him :: ‘Tend to –... Read more

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