I recently began reading a must-read by Andrew Marin, Love is an Orientation , a book on building bridges between the church and the gay community. I will write more on the book when I am finished.
Hearing the stories from my gay friends on how the church has hurt them in so many ways over the years hurts me. One friend who happens to be gay, and has evidently been hurt by the church, when he read in the Baltimore Sun that I personally have a connection with a Baptist group replied that learning ”this broke his heart.” This breaks mine.
How has the message of Jesus and love become so abandoned, forgotten, and tarnished?
God, save the church from hate; let love reign over us.
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