Politico Coverage of My Story

Today's on-line edition of Politico contains an article that profiles me four others who endured sex scandals during our time in public office. When I was contacted by the reporter last week I was a little hesitant in responding because news sites and reporters are often times looking for "sensationalism" when they report and write on stories like these. I know - I'm a reporter. But I remembered standing next to this reporter when we both covered a prayer breakfast in South Carolina back in January and after speaking with her, decided she would write a fair and objective article and she did. Now that I have met several people (both men and women) who have gone through similar experiences, I am curious how they have handled the intense pressure we all had to endure. And since I've finished my book I don't turn down opportunities to talk about forgiveness and how learning what it really means has changed my life. Here is the link to the article. The bottom line to me was two-fold. First, all of us have said, done and thought things we don't want on the front page of the newspaper. But when you fall short [...]

By |2012-05-21T12:38:05-05:00May 21st, 2012|My Blog Post|Comments Off on Politico Coverage of My Story

How Should the Church Love a Gay Couple (or anyone in sexual sin)?

Several weeks ago Pastor Andy Stanley of North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga. preached part of a sermon series entitled "Christian." To put it mildly, it generated quite a bit of controversy within the evangelical community. My colleague  at The Christian Post, Stoyan Zaimov, described the chain of events in a recent article on the CP website (Pastor Andy Stanley Responds to Questions Over Homosexuality Stance). The sermon in question was delivered on April 15, titled "When Gracie Met Truthy." While preaching on the tension between grace and truth ("the truth is 'you're a sinner,' and the grace is 'I don't condemn you'"), Stanley told the story of a divorced couple who formerly attended North Point together. They separated after the woman's husband began a same-sex relationship with another man, who was still married to a woman. The man and his partner wanted to serve as volunteers at the church, but Stanley explained that the two men were committing adultery since one of them did not finalize his divorce yet and thus could not serve as volunteers. The "messy" story, as Stanley described it, ends with the gay couple, the first man's ex-wife and their child, as well as [...]

By |2012-05-14T12:35:30-05:00May 14th, 2012|My Blog Post|2 Comments
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