Even before a conversation about LGBT lives and stories begins, there can be felt-tension about the perceived intention of another. There is tension when a conversation is experienced as being coercive. There can be tension when one person perceives that another’s engagement may cloak a particular agenda. Intentions can sometimes be judged incorrectly. Where one individual may be seeking to understand, their intention may be judged as destructive. This requires a deep and caring communication – speaking and listening, speaking and listening. Language is more than words. Even the most carefully chosen words cannot mask a hurtful intention. [Continue Reading]
Homosexuality and the Bible
17 October 2011
Walter Wink, is Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary and Hartford Seminary, and has been a visiting professor at Columbia and Drew universities. In 1989-1990 he was a Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. Dr. Wink is a United Methodist minister, works for a Presbyterian seminary, and attends Quaker meeting. For five years he served as pastor of a church in southeast Texas. [Continue Reading]
CAI statement on grants awarded
26 September 2011
Changing Attitude Ireland is a voluntary organisation which received grants of £1,000 and £2,365 in 2008 from Northern Ireland’s OFMDFM and Belfast City Council respectively. Church groups are eligible for public funding, provided they meet the relevant criteria and the stringent conditions that apply. The two applications from Changing Attitude Ireland met these criteria and conditions. [Continue Reading]
