Brian McLaren Leads Commitment Ceremony At Son’s Same-Sex Wedding

Brian McLaren Leads Commitment Ceremony At Son’s Same-Sex Wedding
McLaren family wedding ceremony included “traditional Christian elements.”

Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian and a prominent Christian speaker, led a non-traditional marriage commitment ceremony this weekend, according to The New York Times.
Held at the Audubon Naturalist Society in Chevy Chase, Maryland, this ceremony included “traditional Christian elements,” but no bride. And the groom—one of them—was McLaren’s son, Trevor McLaren. The Times reports that Trevor McLaren wed Owen Ryan Saturday in Washington, D.C., followed by the afternoon commitment ceremony.

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http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2012/09/brian_mclaren_l.html

Also see:

BRIAN MCLAREN LEADS CEREMONY AT SON’S SAME-SEX WEDDING
http://apprising.org/2012/09/24/brian-mclaren-leads-ceremony-at-sons-same-sex-wedding/

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Are You from the Wrong Side of the Spiritual Tracks?

Are You from the Wrong Side of the Spiritual Tracks? Attorney Evaluates Claims of Christianity in The Reasonable Person

NASHVILLE, July 31, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — Do you ever feel that you’re from the wrong side of the spiritual tracks? Are you tired of the hypocrisy you often see in organized religion? Do you believe that God really isn’t that interested in you? In his new book, The Reasonable Person: Due Process of Law, Logic, and Faith (CreateSpace, 2012), attorney and author Steven Sedberry reaches out to people from the wrong side of the spiritual tracks, the disillusioned Christian, and those who simply want to know more about how to make sense of Christianity amongst a skeptic culture…

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http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/4693620303.html

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A “New” Dark Age – In Politics and in the Church

“If you are following the news, it seems everything is unraveling. Those who have been following politics and the news are aware that the US of As administration has been filled by anti-constitutionalists. The prophets prophesied transformation for years, and we now have it; only it’s not exactly what they thought it would be.
If you are wondering what is taking place in America, and trying to pin down the activity, it’s simple to understand…”

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A “New” Dark Age – In Politics and in the Church
by Mike Oppenheimer
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=4371

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Obama’s ‘God talk’ was highlight of his convention acceptance speech

The subject of religion has long been nettlesome for President Obama, but perhaps never as nettlesome as it was when he mounted the podium to give his convention speech on Thursday night.
For the previous 24 hours, the news cycle had been dominated by stories that the Democrats didn’t care about God, having deleted (and then reinstating) the words “God-given potential” in the 2012 platform…

More here:

Obama’s ‘God talk’ was highlight of his convention acceptance speech
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=9863

RELATED:

Ryan pounces on Democrats’ ‘God and Jerusalem’ flap
http://olivepress.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/ryan-pounces-on-democrats-god-and-jerusalem-flap/

Obama’s War on Jewish Jerusalem
http://olivepress.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/obamas-war-on-jewish-jerusalem/

The Removal of God
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/2012/Hagmann/beyond_politics.htm

Also of interest on this topic:

Clint Eastwood RNC Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoqKdWY692k

THE MEDIA FOUGHT CLINT AND CLINT (AND ROMNEY) WON
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/09/07/Media-Fought-Clint-And-Clint-Won

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