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MOVING FROM SEXUAL TO SPIRITUAL IDENTITY
When I was just out of college and living on my own, I started wondering if maybe I was gay or bisexual. Although these practices are commonly accepted today, I wasn't comfortable with the thoughts that were coming to me and wanted to be free of them.
Much is said these days about religious or psychological practices that seek to change someone's identity from homosexual to heterosexual, but I wanted a deeper understanding of my innate spirituality, of an identity based on being Godlike rather than a sexual being swaying one way or another.
In the Bible's book of Genesis there are two differing accounts of the creation of man. The first one describes man as made in the image and likeness of God—"male and female created he [God] them" (1:27). In the second chapter, man is created of the dust of the ground—in a literal sense man is worldly, made up of the stuff of the world. One dictionary definition of sensual is "worldly," and worldly also means carnal, fleshly, or prone to physicality.
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June 18, 2007 issue
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LETTERS
with contributions from ERIC STENNETT, MARILYN DOWNS, FRED ANDERSON, DOLLY BRABANT
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Plain talk about deep feelings
WARREN BOLON, SENIOR WRITER
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ITEMS OF INTEREST
with contributions from John M. Buchanan
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SHEDDING LIGHT ON LOVE & SEXUALITY
Ingrid Peschke with contributions from GINNY LUEDEMAN
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WHAT TRULY IDENTIFIES YOU?
BY CHANNING WALKER
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BREAKING THE PULL OF PORNOGRAPHY
NAME WITHHELD
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A prayer to heal poverty in Africa
BY BOSEDE FUNMILOLA BAKAREY
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POUND THE PAVEMENT or PRAY?
BY LESLEY VERNON
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Pebbles that shine
BY MARGARET WATSON
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FRESH LIGHT ON THE JESUS WAY
KIM SHIPPEY, SENIOR WRITER
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BASEBALL PROFESSIONAL SHARES SOME LIFE-LESSONS
PETE PACIOREK
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'GOD'S OWN TIME'
RICHARD NENNEMAN
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MOVING FROM SEXUAL TO SPIRITUAL IDENTITY
NAME WITHHELD
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STEADY PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL INSIGHT BRINGS FULL FREEDOM
MARTHA HALLAREN
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'MY WAY OF LIFE AND HEALING'
DENIS DARTNELL