In October of last year, news came out that Shorter University, a Christian college in Rome, Georgia, had decided to make its employees sign a controversial pledge that says that they are not engaging in homosexuality, among other forbidden activities. Now, after nearly 50% of the employees refused to sign the Pledge. The college, which is ( Read more... )

New Community for Christians with ADD ( Read more... )

Because the Christian Left groups haven't been super active lately and there are some recent issues around these days, I created this in the hopes of getting a more active community going. I also just got word I was accepted to seminary today, so my first act as a potential employer for the Church of Christ is to create this! :-D ( Read more... )

Posted this on my personal journal, then thought I might come over and post it here, too.

From Philip Yancey's The Jesus I Never Knew. which is just amazing me right now:

The more I get to know Jesus, the more impressed I am with what Ivan Karamazov called 'the miracle of restraint.' The miracles Satan suggested, the signs and wonders the ( Read more... )

I really need help and want the opinions of anyone willing to listen. I'm christian but I find myself being attracted to both genders. The problem is that I don't want to be. I find myself more attracted to guys (which I am relieved about) but I feel guilty whenever I think about people of my same gender. I really don't know what to do. Is there a ( Read more... )

Each time I ask a christian about this subject, I never really get a clear answer so I'm asking this site ( Read more... )

Are there any For Choice Christians here? Or pro gay/lesbian rights here? I'm not gay or lesbian, and I do consider myself "For Choice" (I hesitate to say "pro-choice" because today's Pro Choice movement implies that women can do whatever they please with their bodies, and I personally believe that within reason abortion is reasonable but it isn't

I just wanted to let the community know that after more than a year of trying, my husband and I are expecting.

Thanks to everyone for their support. I thought it wasn't going to happen but God has His timetable.

Hi. I'm Courtney. 27. I've been lurking lately, but this is the first post.

I guess the easiest way to do this and dive in is to post an excerpt that I recently posted in an f-locked post in my personal journal (don't worry, it's only about a paragraph long). It pretty much sums up where I'm going with this:

( Excerpt here. )

Let me preface this by saying my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year now ( Read more... )