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That was so sad, pathetic, and disturbing.
Plus, I can't even believe that Tech has a gay week.
But it would take nearly 40 of those years for Swenson to come to grips with her [his] gender identity. In that time, Eric Swenson would marry, father two children, become pastor of a Presbyterian congregation and establish a successful marriage and family therapy practice. Yet, he would struggle with crippling depression, even thoughts of suicide, before confronting himself, his family and his church with a truth he'd known since he was a child: He felt like he was a woman.
"I fought against this for decades. I denied it. I raised my fist at God in anger. I cried. When I was in seminary, I used to go to chapel in the middle of the night and scream. ... I just didn't understand it. It made no sense," Swenson said.
But on the day in 1994 when Swenson took the first dose of female hormones, the clinical depression that haunted him all his life lifted.
When Swenson asked the church to recognize her [his] new name and identity, she touched off a nearly two-year fight to keep her ordination. She [he] succeeded, and in 1996 became the first known mainline Protestant minister to transition from male to female while in ordained office.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. [Rev 22:15]
HERE'S a photo of the "lovely" woMAN.
He's made in the image of God. His physical features don't disgust me. His hatred of God while he purports to be His minister does.
That was so sad, pathetic, and disturbing.
Plus, I can't even believe that Tech has a gay week.
Oh yeah! We're cutting edge here.
HERE'S a photo of the "lovely" woMAN.
Erin continues to practice active ministry as parish associate at Ormewood Park Presbyterian Church in southeast Atlanta and as a pastoral psychotherapist at the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta's Midtown section.
Erin continues to practice active ministry as parish associate at Ormewood Park Presbyterian Church in southeast Atlanta and as a pastoral psychotherapist at the Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta's Midtown section.
Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
HERE'S a photo of the "lovely" woMAN.
What would you say to someone who was born with both male and female genitalia, and the doctors had to decide and make the "right" decision, and the patient was never told of his duality, and could never figure out why he or she always felt the opposite of his chosen sex? I once saw a special concerning this dilemma, and it threw my "hard nose" attitude towards the transgendered for a loop. What if it were your child? Would you tell him(her), and at what age? And would you support the child, teenager or adult in their quest to change their sexuality, if it could be proven by DNA that the doctors had erred in their decision? Or would you be totally silent, as the ticking time bomb approached its zero hour? "Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance." Author Unknown.
I know there are people here who are in the PCUSA, but after reading this, I don't see how.
I've even heard of a few liberals in this denomination who are starting to talk of the church embracing polyamory.