Author Archives: Guest Author

Calling All Parents…..

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Guest Author

“Mom, I have something to tell you…I’m gay”.  ”Dad…I think that I am in the wrong body, I think that I am really a boy”.   (Coming Out Covenant is pleased welcome guest poster Laura Statesir from the Marin Foundation … Continue reading →

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Rev. Alden Johnson: “A Grandfather Speaks”

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Guest Author

Because I’m a Covenant pastor, some will wonder how I can assume this open, affirming stance on LGBT issues. My answer is neither profound nor unique. I simply ask, “How can we expect the biblical authors to have a positive approach to homosexuality without the evidence and insight we have now?” Why can we not label these verses as culturally tainted as are passages presuming that the earth is flat, slavery is acceptable, women must not speak in church (certainly not with an uncovered head), divorced people must not be pastors, etc., etc.? Continue reading →

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I Am Being Weaved: Matt Vickers

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Guest Author

I am Gay and I am Christian. I am done hiding. My past has laid a lot of burdens on me and I couldn’t be happy and I couldn’t be myself.  For so long, I had no idea who I was, … Continue reading →

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Evolution : Melissa Petersen

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Guest Author

I applaud President Obama’s courage, and am working on mustering my own. I am pro-LGBT. I believe all loving couples should be able to marry. I am anti-LGBT discrimination. I do not believe this is an issue of immorality, or inconsistent with my Christian faith. Continue reading →

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Putting a Stake In The Ground

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Guest Author

Tim Johnson is a Covenant “preacher’s kid” and rare books librarian at the University of Minnesota. He has an undergraduate degree in history from North Park College and graduate degrees in Library Science and Theological Studies. For eleven years Tim was … Continue reading →

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Light and Hope!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Guest Author

I think after everything that I have been through I have been blessed. Blessed that I have had a whispering voice inside me time after time telling me that the hate I see in the world is not of God. Continue reading →

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No More Silence!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Guest Author

Jesus was not silent regarding compassion toward those who had been marginalized as a class or group. The church needs to become the place where lesbian and gay Christians can learn how God wants to bless their relationships and empower them to share their gifts with a world that needs them. Continue reading →

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Lynda McGraw: “My Beloved Brother”

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Guest Author

My brother Mark was gay. He was a wonderful, caring man who loved God. Yes, you do hear the past tense. He died in 1996 under the shroud of guilt and shame of AIDS… How sad it is that many feel the shame or fear to be themselves… No one should think poorly of my brother. Continue reading →

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Lizzy Moscinski: “Gay and All”

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Guest Author

Coming out wasn’t the happy parade I might have hoped. I was called an abomination by some. I was laughed at and told that what I decided to become was costing me my salvation. It was extremely difficult and hopeless at times. But my God saw me through every step. And I am forgiven. And I am me. Continue reading →

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Anonymous: “It Gets Better”

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Guest Author

However, the more I tried to kill that part of myself through therapy and workshops to heal gay people, the more ill I became emotionally and mentally and spiritually. When you are not truly yourself, your relationships with God and others are not real. Continue reading →

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