Charlie Van Dyke
What Is Love?
Posted January 23, 2012 by Charlie Van Dyke in GLBTQ
By Chris Carpenter

Haddaway may have posed the question best when he sang, "What is love? Baby, don't hurt me no more" in dance clubs everywhere back in the 1990's. But poets, popes, philosophers, psychologists, the Beatles and numerous other love gurus have been trying to provide a suitable definition of love for centuries.


As the feast of Sa... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
By John Backman
From Huffington Post

The working title was "gay Christian dialogue," a phrase that makes everything sound so simple: there are gay people, there are straight people, there are Christians.

The dialogue itself taught me otherwise.

For roughly two days, Oriented to Love: Sexual Diversity in the Body of Christ drew together a dozen p... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
"Pariah" - a review
Posted December 8, 2011 by Charlie Van Dyke in GLBTQ
Keeping It Real in Pariah
By Chris Carpenter

One of the most acclaimed films from this year's Sundance Film Festival, Pariah, will finally be making it to theaters this month. The semi-autobiographical drama about the coming of age of a lesbian teenager is scheduled to open in Los Angeles on December 28th.


I first heard of Pariah two years ago.... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
Spiritually Connected
Posted November 29, 2011 by Charlie Van Dyke in GLBTQ
By Chris Carpenter

“Keep ‘Christ’ in Christmas” is a call we seem to hear with growing insistence each year as December rolls around. Some Christians apparently feel offended or marginalized by a broader usage of the phrase “Happy Holidays” in store décor and TV commercials during this festive time of year.

I’m a Christian and tend to wish peopl... read more
Charlie Van Dyke
A Time For Thanksgiving
Posted November 10, 2011 by Charlie Van Dyke in GLBTQ
By Chris Carpenter

It's up to us to be the change and even though we all can still do more, there's so much to be thankful for.
--from the song "Thankful" sung by Josh Groban


Christmas and Hanukkah may involve presents, and Halloween and Easter plenty of chocolate, but many adult Americans consider Thanksgiving Day their favorite holiday. They ... read more
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