Faith, God and Family: Lessons Learned from a Determined Frog Making a Tough Climb
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Two steps forward one step back.” It originates from a story about a frog…
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Faith, God and Family: Examining LGB attitudes toward transgender people
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— In Albany, NY controversy erupted over accusations of disrespect by the leadership of the Pride Center of the Capital Region toward…
Faith, God, and Family: You Don’t Need a President for Hope or Light
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— A spiritual gay man recently asked me, “What draws you to Christianity?” He didn’t ask why I was a Christian,…
Faith, God and Family: Society Needs to Re-Message Religious ‘Liberty For All’
Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Sex and love advice columnist and author Dan Savage told comedian and TV host Bill Maher during an interview that Democrats…
God, Faith, and Family: Healing, Growing, and Nurturing Positive Energy
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It’s easy to get into a funk these days. The nation is at a crossroads in more ways than one….
Faith, God and Family: A Cautious Response to Trump’s Executive Order
Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to protect “religious liberty” causes more angst and chaos than fulfilling a campaign promise. The order…
Faith, God and Family: Small, Gracious Acts May Have Tremendous Impact on Others
Small or Big, Gracious Acts can change others and oneself By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Good Friday is the day Christians commemorate the crucifixion of…
Faith, God, and Family: Pure Gold For My Gay Christian Soul
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Recently, a friend e-mailed a link about a fun, wonderful dance routine choreographed to the music of “Rock of My…
Faith, God and Family: Finding the Silver Lining
Although hard to see, there is always a silver lining to everything that happens By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Rose-colored glasses are not part of…
Faith, God, and Family: A Little Spiritual Renewal in the Mountains
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Over the Christmas holiday, I spent three nights in Vermont’s Green Mountains on a spiritual retreat. Never before had I seen so many stars….
Faith, God and Family: Opera, Sports, and Hope in the New Year
The New Year, the inevitable limbo and its effect on the LGBTQ community Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— During my time at a Massachusetts law school…
Faith, God and Family: LGBTQ People Have Been Survivors Throughout History
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It will be okay. My best friend called me in tears the day after the national election fearing the worse. Will he and…
Appreciating Perspective: One of the Creator’s Great Gifts About Living a Meaningful Life
Living a Meaningful Life at Any Age, full force By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— In October, dad turned 90. I took my father, a gentle…
Faith, God and Family: What’s It All About, Alfie?
That song replays and replays, What’s It All about Alfie By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— As of late, I keep hearing songs repeat in my…
Faith, God and Family: Take Comfort in Other People’s Joy, Find Strength in Someone’s Courage
Comfort in others when there is trouble, it can be soothing By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It has been a roller coaster of emotions for…
God Loves You as You Are, Even if Your Parents Don’t: Supporting a Declining Parent
All in all, God Loves You and those you love too By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Dad continues to weigh heavily on my mind. He…
Faith, God and Family: Orlando, Finding Meaning, Long Process to Forgive
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Fyodor Dostoevsky, the Nineteenth Century novelist, wrote in the “Brothers Karamazov”: “Every sin can be forgiven because God’s love is…
Op-Ed: Changing an Institution from Within; My Experience as a Gay Methodist Pastor
Courage drove this gay methodist pastor to protest his Church By: Will Green*/TRT Guest Columnist— When I tell people I am a clergy person in the…
Faith, God, and Family: Transgender Authenticity as Part of the Creation Experience
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— “ … by virtue of the Creation and, still more,” wrote priest, paleontologist, and Catholic theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin,…
Faith, God & Family: Stopping Religious Freedom Bills Requires More than Economic Strategy
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Recently, Georgia’s governor vetoed a so-called religious liberty bill. In contrast, governors in Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina signed bills that…
Faith, God and Family: The Lord’s Prayer for LGBTQ Persons of Faith, Make it Happen
(Part III of III) By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— “Our Father [Creator] in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come; your will be done,…
Faith, God and Family: The Lord’s Prayer for LGBTQ Persons of Faith Part II
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— “Our Father [Creator] in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come; your will be done, on earth as it…
Faith, God and Family: The Lord’s Prayer for LGBTQ Persons of Faith
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— The Lord’s Prayer can seem exclusionary, especially in its beginning. The Christian prayer, sometimes called the “Our Father,” however, is…