Fenton Johnson, author of “Keeping Faith: A Skeptic’s
Journey” (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), reflects thoughtfully and deeply upon his own faith journey in a Los Angeles Times commentary.
Johnson applies his observations on faith and tradition to gay Christians’ quest for equal treatment before God as well as civil law — and to the Christian Right’s battle against both faith in Jesus and Jesus’ message.
Johnson’s thoughts occur within the context of efforts by antigay Episcopalians to cause a churchwide schism over two recent trends toward fairness for gay church members.
I come to you as an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ tradition and as principal of from my website, https://www.ReclaimJesus.net, where the motto is “Moderate and liberal Christians, unite! Reclaim Jesus from the evangelical Christian right.” My website and yours are always jockeying for positions 1 and 2 in the google “reclaim Jesus” contest. While mine is not a “gay” website, it is a website that preaches Jesus’ true message of acceptance and inclusion. We are currently blogging on the issues of civil unions and equal marital rights for all. I invite your participants to come to our website, to sign in, and to participate. Perhaps, you would consider linking my website to yours as well. Peace, Pastor Ton