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Resources for parents of glbt
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web site which offers support and understanding to parents who may
be having difficulties in dealing with the fact that a child of theirs
in gay or lesbian.
We're heard from visitors who have suggested two
helpful books and an organization. Thanks to all of them!
If you have more resources to suggest, please
send a note.
Here's one book suggestion:
Marcy Henrikson, former moderator of the Synod of
Lincoln Trails, has recently written Our Daughter Martha: A Family
Struggles with Coming Out. The note continues: "I think it's
well written and very honest about all the different reactions she had
through stages of understanding and acceptance as a parent, and how she
related at various times with her daughter, other family members, the
church, friends and strangers. I would recommend it for parents of GLBT
- and for pastors of those parents."
Here's another:
Witherspooner Hedy Lodwick suggests a book written by the
mother of a gay son. The parents "were active
Presbyterians but were shunned by their church when their high school
son identified as gay. He took such abuse from his high school that his
parents removed him from that school and his mother taught him at home.
The parents have since been welcomed in an Episcopal Church. The last I
heard, the son still wanted nothing to do with a church." The book:
A Journey to Moriah, by Rhea Murray. Published by Banta &
Pool Literary Properties, LLC, 1020 Greenwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Indiana 47401. E-Mail: writerpool@aol.com
And a Florida organization and its web site:
Finally, another suggests www.projectyes.org,
an organization in Miami, Florida with which he and his wife worked. The
group "is working with teachers, clergy, parents, and community
leaders to make the world safer for GLBT children."
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
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