Inclusive Orthodoxy Newsletter
November, 2007

To the saints of Cyberspace who are also faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Updates:

Be sure to check out this month’s issue of Instinct Magazine, as there is a feature on me and my work for LGBT Christians.

As many of you know, I am the founder/developer of www.RainbowChristians.com, which is a social networking site for LGBT Christians. I also want to let you all know about this site www.MyOutSpirit.com. MyOutSpirit is a website run by this fellow named Clayton devoted to promoting LGBT spirituality. I would encourage you to join so as to bring a strong Christian presence to their site.

LGBT News:

11/11/07 ~ A historic, largely symbolic vote supporting blessing rites for same-sex couples was made Saturday during the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California's annual convention, held in Redding this weekend…
http://www.redding.com/news/2007/nov/11/dioceses-vote-supports-gay-couples/

11/9/07 ~ World's Largest Gay Church to Break Ground for New Chapel…
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid50335.asp

11/907 ~ Bishop Wayne Miller said Wednesday he won't discipline a congregation that's challenging the celibacy requirement for gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America…
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/640771,CST-NWS-luth08.article

For more LGBT Christian news visit http://religion.gaynewsblog.net

LGBT Christian Book(s):

Cross.2Freedom.com, the online source for LGBT Christian Books, has been reorganized and a new section was added: Recommended Bibles. These include the three volumes of the Inclusive Old Testament and a volume of the Inclusive New Testament. These Bibles do not simply replace masculine pronouns, as many so-called ‘inclusive’ Bibles do, but they really seek to be faithful to the original Greek. For example, the Greek word translated brothers or brethren could have included women (like the French word “Ils” or Spanish “Ellos”). This Bible addresses both issues of gender, and also many of the passages often used to condemn gays and lesbians are translated in a manner which expresses more clearly what was implied in the original text. There are also some study Bibles recommended.

The LGBT Christian Books section has also been expanded with additions such as The Queer Bible Commentary and also Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible, both on Page eight.

http://www.Cross.2Freedom.com

Quote for Reflection:

“Only Christianity, through the Risen One, announces a union, without separation or confusion, between earth and heaven, between humanity and the Living God. Only Christianity announces, prepares, and anticipates, in sacrament and sanctity, the transfiguration of the world and of history. With the Resurrection, the universe enters into its final metamorphosis. God became man, so that man could become God: it depends on our liberty illuminated by the Holy Spirit, that ‘the fire hidden and smothered under the cinder of this world splits apart and divinely sets fire to the rind of death’ (Saint Gregory of Nyssa).”

--From Memoires d’Esperence by Olivier Clément.

Love in Christ,
Justin R. Cannon, Founder/Director
http://www.InclusiveOrthodoxy.org