2 posts published by Bill White during January 2017| lgbtqconversations
We were sitting at an outside table at Starbucks on Spring Street on the third Sunday of Lent. As a family we’d been fasting sweets, except for Sundays (the 40 days of Lent don’t include Sundays), …| lgbtqconversations
My co-pastor, Brenna Rubio, and I have just launched a little nonprofit called Small Church Big Table, and that’s where I’m blogging now. Our purpose is to help faith leaders (loosely d…| lgbtqconversations
Over the years of wrestling with scripture passages about LGBTQ inclusion in the church, I’ve also had to wrestle directly with the nature of scripture itself. I don’t know how you dive…| lgbtqconversations
Friends over at The Reformed Journal asked me to write a blog for them. It got me thinking about why in the world this nice, conservative, evangelical pastor would become inclusive of all kinds of …| lgbtqconversations
Recently someone asked me why I talk so much about LGBTQ people in sermons, in blogs and just in life. It was a great question. Three things came to mind. The First Reason I Talk So Much About Thes…| lgbtqconversations
*For those unused to the word ‘queer,’ let me start off by saying that it’s become the preferred umbrella term for those who are sexual or gender minorities, so that’s why I use that term here. And…| lgbtqconversations
One of the gifts that the LGBTQ community has given me over the past few years has been an invitation to see things in scripture that before I glossed over. It was so easy to dismiss the uncomforta…| lgbtqconversations
A friend of mine from church took a job five hours from here and moved his family out of the city just before City Church of Long Beach started our LGBTQ Study Team. He was so glad to get out just …| lgbtqconversations
I began blogging over a year ago to share why City Church of Long Beach started our Study Team regarding LGBTQ people in the church. The blog really took off as I shared some personal stories, incl…| lgbtqconversations
At the recent Q Commons event in Long Beach (Oct 26, 2017), my friend Eric Carpenter and I gave a 14 minute talk about how to disagree about important issues and still be friends. The particular is…| lgbtqconversations
I’m taking a sabbatical this summer from June 5 to September 3, graciously granted by the Pastoral Team and Financial Oversight Team of our church. I’m very grateful for time for rest and renewal.…| lgbtqconversations