I have a situation that isn’t working out right and I hope this great collection of minds can help me through it. I’m a gay man and volunteer at the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit. Most of my tasks are in the kitchen. I serve meals to a lot of

Matt Forman recently noted (deep in the comments of this post) we're not sure how to overcome the “We must protect the kids!” meme that our opponents use when denouncing gay marriage (or domestic partnerships). An idea came to me in the shower today. If it is worth anything Consider

I spent my long Labor Day weekend at YMCA of the Rockies, next to Rocky Mountain National Park attending the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) Convocation. My schedule has been a bit hectic since that trip, which is why I'm posting my report now. RMN is an organization working to get

A bill before the Michigan legislature would legalize adoption by unmarried partners. Gary Glenn of American Family Association in Michigan doesn't like that idea, because gays could adopt kids. He trots out the familiar argument that a kid needs both a mother and a father. But wouldn't it be better

Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological  Seminary in Pasadena, is this week’s essayist in the My Turn page of Newsweek. He is upset with the way we’ve been screeching at each other over gay marriage, rather than calmly discussing it. He voted for Prop. 8 but doesn’t consider himself “the

Adding insult to injury? A lot of people (including me) are convinced that Bush committed crimes while in office. Many are disappointed he was not impeached and tried in the Senate. That leads to the question of what Obama should do about Bush? Open investigations and risk a partisan fight

As Stewardship Guide for my local church I am proposing a new Vision Statement. I spoke yesterday about why we need one — the old one was so bland as to be meaningless — and will speak on the coming weeks about each sentence of the vision. I'll later host

Both presidential candidates are pushing preventative care to save health care money. A recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine by Peter Neumann and Joshua Cohen and others at the Tufts Medical Center says not so fast. Yes, something simple as routine blood pressure checking does indeed save

I went out to a movie theater today to see the documentary “Bigger Stronger Faster: The Side Effect of Being American.” Chris Bell, when a kid, idolized Hulk Hogan and Arnold, and was dismayed to find so many sports heroes were on steroids. So, starting with his brothers, “Mad Dog”

Newsweek’s cover stories this week are about how race and Obama will affect the presidential race. http://www.newsweek.com/id/138611 This link is to the first story. There are more articles in the right sidebar. I haven’t read it yet (it came today) and I may not before I leave for vacation. I’m