In writing this blog I have attempted to not re-run a previous blog. However, with this said I (we) have gotten a boatload of questions concerning our church making an intentional choice to be outside.
Most of the questions are heart felt around weather issues, while others are digging deep to see if in fact we have lost our minds. There have been a co…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on December 15, 2009 at 12:07pm —
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I am way far behind with my writing. I am way far behind with my reading. I am even further behind with reading my e-mail. Reasons for this? They are far too many to mention in this blog and besides it would read like I was whining.
So imagine my surprise and anger when I did sit down to catch up my e-ma…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on December 11, 2009 at 5:45pm —
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Just when you think things are improving and the conversation around LGBTQ issues while difficult and frustrating, are making progress…in steps the Atlanta Police Department to remind us all, the LGBTQ communities are really nothing more then street trash, whores, thugs and drug crazed sex addicts.
On Thursday September 10th at around 11:30pm Atlanta under-cover officers and officers from the Red Dog unit (elite drug enforcement group) swept into a quiet “gay leather” neighborhood bar and acted…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on September 18, 2009 at 8:18pm —
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The newest facebook pass around is “25 Random Things” about a person that we wouldn’t know otherwise. After the person lists the 25 things we probably didn’t want or need to know anyway…they “tag” 25 people, who are suppose to do their list. So as you can imagine this has taken on a growth rate faster then the deadliest form cancer we know of. In the last 4 days I have been “tagged” 12 times.
A friend of mine noted today on facebook, this has become some kind of social phenomena. He wrote in hi…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on February 7, 2009 at 11:26pm —
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Rev. Rick Warren as we know has been invited to offer the invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration. The firestorm being raised by the LGBTQ community from my perspective is very sad, embarrassing and a whole lot of whining over something that will not matter in a year.
In fact I honestly think it is much hell raising over nothing. Further, as much as I love my community I wish they would just shut up.
Why? Let’s start with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The “religious and political right…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on December 18, 2008 at 11:18pm —
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Let us carry these powerful words of wisdom in the front of our mind as we journey the week:
"My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other. No one has seen God, ever. But if we love one another, God dwells deeply within us, and God's love becomes complete in us—perfect love!"
1 John 4:11-12 (The Message)
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on November 10, 2008 at 12:15am —
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Let us lay claim to this promise of God as we journey our week:
"'For here's what I'm going to do: I'm going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over, and bring you back to your own land. I'll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I'll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. I'll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you a…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on November 2, 2008 at 4:06pm —
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The Questing Parson, recently named one of the Top Fifty Methodist Theological Blogs, will feature a video interview with the Reverend Paul Turner, founding pastor of the Gentle Spirit Christian Church, beginning Monday, November 3, 2008.
The Questing Parson, who in real life is the Reverend Guy Kent, former pastor of The Epworth Church at Candler Park and now serving as a retired supply pastor at a rural church in Northwest Georgia, is adding video interviews to his popular blog, the first of…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on October 31, 2008 at 5:27pm —
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Well it certainly has been a while since I wrote anything for the blog. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, I guess I have been going through a case of the “pastoral dumps”. “Pastoral dumps” being a kind of depression where one does what is required and not anything beyond. I have more or less aroused from those ashes and I was amazed at how God had a hand in it. I will write more about that later.
The second reason I have not written is because I have been over whelmed with this ele…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on October 28, 2008 at 4:20am —
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With all the mess going on in Washington...and the awful things they are saying to each other, the news media behaving like vultures and people jocking for positions to be called a hero, we now see this embarrassing fighting standing in the way of making sure the folks of our country are protected, secure and safe...
This particular passage I was reading getting ready for this weeks worship service struck a deep nerve.
"If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love h…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on September 26, 2008 at 5:11pm —
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Let us keep these powerful words of wisdom within our heart mind and soul as
we journey the week:
"Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry-but don't use your anger as
fuel for revenge. And don't stay angry. Don't go to bed angry. Don't give
the Devil that kind of foothold in your life."
Ephesians 4:26-27 (The Message)
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on September 21, 2008 at 3:46pm —
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I wanted to share this press release with my readers. I am so proud of my friend, colleague and sister!
A refrain heard relentlessly by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
people of faith is: "God hates fags!" Whether it's hurled as a direct
insult or stated more…
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Added by Rev. Paul M. Turner on September 16, 2008 at 5:35pm —
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