Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Updated and Expanded Edition (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) Karen McCarthy Brown’s classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women’s religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. [...]

Are There Closets in Heaven?; A Catholic Father and Lesbian Daughter Share their Story It s always difficult for a child to tell her parents she is gay, regardless of how liberal or conservative her family might be. When the daughter is part of a devout Catholic family living in a small rural community, the [...]

Today I was standing in a retail shop, waiting for a contractor to arrive. I observed an old bearded man treasure his earthly possession, his rusted bicycle. The play in front of me started to intrigue me. I don’t know if it’s to see the man with the bicycle in the shop, “well it could [...]

What if….. Jesus were gay? by January Jones excerpt from Thou Shalt Not Whine The Eleventh Commandment Beaufort Books May 2008 This hypothetical question popped into my head the other day after I heard a minister on television say that, “Jesus definitely did not approve of gays.” My thought is, “How could Jesus not approve [...]