by Patrik Olterman | May 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Every now and then I post something like this. It is always with one tablespoon shame and a teaspoon of hope. It’s with a handful of trepidation and some good old fashioned fear thrown in for good measure. I read a lot, if you know me and hang out with me, then...
by Patrik Olterman | May 21, 2012 | Christian life, LGBTQ
Last week my friend Samuel decided to reblog one of my posts on LGBTQ and the church. Promptly someone questioned if I really had written the piece as I had taught a very different gospel at said persons confirmation camp. I had to reply that I have been (am still) on...
by Patrik Olterman | Apr 7, 2017
Sacred Sexuality To hold something as sacred means that it is set apart, held in a special place in honour of divinity. And with my sexuality, regardless of my state of mind at the time I hold it sacred, I honour the divine source as I connect either with myself or...
by Patrik Olterman | Jun 13, 2016 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Love
I am angry at the person who picked up a gun and murdered all those people in Orlando, I am angry at all the people who thinks that any kind of violence is justified in any situation. I am angry at the Christians who think that anything could justify these horrific...
by Patrik Olterman | Dec 14, 2015 | ISTA, LGBTQ, Life is my religion, Love, MCC, Sex
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 (NRSV) It is a pertinent question, why did god give us freedom? Why where we burdened with choice? Hindsight being 20/20 it seems that it was a...
