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Two Steves
3/21/ 97
Steve C quoted Steve S ,
who had said, "Steve
C.,
I appreciate your tone very much"
SteveC replied,
"Well, Steve S., the feeling's
mutual. I've
read your response a few times now trying to decide just how to respond
best as we cover quite a bit of territory! I'm going to break it into
separate posts of the four areas I think our discussion is in."
SteveC's email:
ex-gay
groups
post-gay
sexuality
the
divide
God
loves lgb people
SteveS's email:
ex-gays
a
sinful theology
doubting the
doubts
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Walking on the Waterline: Steve S and Randy
Disclaimer:
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may be affiliated. Also, a person's participation in
dialogue does not imply the endorsement of the views of any other
individual who has also participated in dialogue.
Intros
(anon)
British Teen
(anon) Tom
a Promise Keeper
Sonia
Balcer director, Safe Passage
Cindy Beal founder, Justice and Peace
Consulting
Ron
Belgau
Bob Buehler pastor, Marbury Church of
God"
Joe Bush
III Objectivist
Alan
Chambers, director Exodus NA
Gene
Chase, director Free!
Candace
Chellew editor/webmaster,
Whosever
Tom Cole
director, Reconciliation Ministries
Tyler
Connor seminarian
Gabi
Clayton webmaster, Safe Schools
Coalition
Jason
Crockett medical student
Penny
Culliton teacher,
Mescenic School Dist., NH
Jan Flecher
Quaker, transexual
Melanie
Geyer
Andrew Goddard Anglican priest
Rob Goetze
director, New Direction for Life
Jim
Habegger community Jim
Carla
Harshman director, Vital Signs
Maggie Heineman
BA webmaster
Joe
Hennessy United Methodist
(Reconciling)
Mike
Jones director, Corduroy Stone
Justin
Lee
John
Lindner pflag-talk webmaster
Jayelle
Lukash Pagan-American princess
Peter
Ould webmaster,exgay.org.uk
Patrick
Rogoschewsky "weak atheist"
Laura
Montgomery Rutt Equal parnters in
faith
Steve
Schalchlin composer, The Last
Session
Courtney Sharp
transgender activist
Randy
Thomas director, Living Hope
Jeramy
Townsley BA webforum moderator
Bob
Van Domelen director, Broken Yoke
Patricia
Nell Warren author, The
Front Runner
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Gossamer Bridges Revisited
by Sonia Balcer
I wander amid the
threads
streaming through my
thoughts.
The lines cross and blur,
drifting
In silent
orchestration--
At times interweaving,
Three-fold composite of
journeys parallel
Connected through
cyberspace,
Lifeline to heart-selves
dangling from precipice
Voices uttering stories
unheard,
depths unknown
inside.
At times the threads
cut
Binding together knowings
which cannot coexist--
At times the strands reach
across chasms of resolve,
spiraling through unfolding
universes that might have been,
tunneling connection with
what is not
In parallel existence paths
unfolding
flashes revealing a deeper
Beauty.
. clarifying vision
. . . mending wounds
. . . . . expanding
sight
Threads issuing from springs of passion,
tempered
in authenticity and tears,
shared
in trust and respect--
these
fragile translucent threads
are
the eternal, healing stuff of Bridges.
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