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I want to follow up on my prayer of a little earlier, and talk a bit about today. My prayer earlier was: Dear God, May everyone in our city be safe and may the day be violence free. Amen.#TrumpDallasRally For many of us in Dallas, given our history, we hold our breath any time any president visits our city. Every time. Today, I’m feeling the tension especially strongly. We know that in addition to all those attending the Trump Rally today, there is a contingent [...] Read More »

In our Methodist tradition, we (wrongly) claim “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” The research behind this story tells us: That does not appear to be true. We are lying to ourselves about what historical Biblical teaching actually said. Before we get into it, and for those who are confused….there’s an old joke about a Catholic monk, buried deep in a library somewhere… He comes across a passage in an ancient Greek manuscript and screams loudly such that everyone comes [...] Read More »