re: #377 prairiefire

I attended a Metropolitan Community Church for about 10 months. The members are made up of Gay, Lesbian, trans gender, etc. The worship and sermons were just as filled with the presence and love from God as many other services from different spirit filled churches I have gone to. When I say spirit filled, I mean believing in the second chapter of Acts occurrence of the Baptism of the Holy spirit with signs to follow.
It was a great experience.

yep, that’s the thing. it’s one thing to take a church member aside and say “hey, you’ve acknowledged that X is not appropriate behavior…so you gotta work harder at not doing it when you’re here”

as opposed to

“hey, we all have variations in the way that we interpret certain things and I can see that you are searching for God as honestly as the rest of us, so welcome”

someone with a drinking problem attending church and then inviting other members to go out drinking…we gotta talk to that guy. a gay couple who is doing their best to live the instructions of the bible, with the one exception being they truly hear God and truly believe He’s blessed their relationship? they ought to be welcome.

just me…i think a dispassionate view of the situation reveals i have more in common with a homosexual couple who share my beliefs closely than a heterosexual Catholic couple…and i love my Catholics…