It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I believe gay and lesbian people are spiritual people is that we too have participated in vulnerability and self-disclosure, especially in the process of coming-out. When someone shares with you who they really, really are, it is a special offering. To do so when it risks rejection is a profound, holy gift.
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us. - Gene Robinson
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
- Gene Robinson
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishop… - Gene Robinson
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishop…
Stability is why society has an interest in marriage. - Gene Robinson
Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.
Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it. - Gene Robinson
Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion. - Gene Robinson
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.
It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I bel… - Gene Robinson
It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I bel…
We love to talk about justice. It's the doing of justice that's hard...I believe it is work we are called to do - Gene Robinson
We love to talk about justice. It's the doing of justice that's hard...I believe it is work we are called to do
When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government. - Gene Robinson
When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.
Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fi… - Gene Robinson
Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fi…
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