Author Index to Articles & Papers

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November 2004. Please note: we are in the process of adding the full text of all the articles listed below. For any article listed, a link goes to the full text as a web page, or a PDF document when indicated. The absence of a link indicates that the full text is forthcoming.

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Aldridge, Chip, Jr.

• "E-Mails to a Young 'Q': Assurance and Information for a Questioning or Queer Youth." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Aldridge, John; Elders of Corinth, and John A. Ekman

• A Letter from Corinth — and A Response. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Alexander-Moegerle, Gil

• "A Public Apology." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Alexander, Liz

• "All Kinds of Families." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Alexander, Marilyn

• "Reflections on the Second Jimmy Creech Trial." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   
• "The Baptismal Promise: A Whisper from the Womb." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Amideo, Ann M.

• "Breaking Open Tradition." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   
• "Jesus Found Me." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Anderson, Mark Elam

• "Border Crossing." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Anderson, Scott

• "Passionate God (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Anderson, Victor

• The Black Church and Sexual Ethics, 2000
   

Anonymous

• "Closeted Mom: A Sign of Respect." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   
• "Does It Matter." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   
• "Experiences of a Bi-National Lesbian Couple." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   
• "My Song Of Love is Unknown." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   
• "On Harassment and Invisibility: One Student's Story." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Aude, Laurie

• "Parable of the Good Lesbian: Cultural and Political Bisexuality." Ê Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Austin, Jane

• "Pacific School of Religion Opens Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

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Bailey, Marcia and Sarah Bailey

• "Who's Teaching Who? A Parent and Child Teach Each Other About Homosexuality." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Ballew, John

• "Myth, Mystery, and Human Sexuality." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "Reconciling Congregations — Another View." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   

Barron, Erwin C.

• "Coming Out!" Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Beal, Serenity

• "My Sanctuary." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Beaty, Cathy Ann

• "Weaving Diversity and Unity: A Liturgy." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Beeman, Paul

• "How Can We Reach More Parents?" Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Beghtol, DeEtte

• "Conflict Resolution." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   
• "Walking for Love and Justice: Farmworkers and Lavender People. Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Belile, Jacki

• "Saved By Grace" Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   

Belt, David

• "The Church and Covenant Relationships. Moving Toward a Renewed Understanding." Ê Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Bentley, Beth

• "'Lord, I Want to Be in That Number, When the Saints Go Marching In..." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Berchtold, Fred

• Exploring Disability and Privilege. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Berry, Dotti

• "My Soulforce Journey to Lynchburg." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Bess, Howard H.

• Homosexuality in the Evangelical Experience. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Birkhahn-Rommelfanger, Betty Jo

• "Working as Allies: Opening Church Doors." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Black, Jacob Guerdon

• "A Married Gay Pastor Stays In." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Blanchard, Elaine

• "Lament of Matthew Shepard." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Bochonok, Sandra

• "Love Made Personal." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Boller, Tom

• "The Wrong Question." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Borhek, Mary V.

• "Sowing Inclusivity in the Moravian Church." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

• Engaging in Civil Discourse. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Bostock, Cliff

• "Gospel Songs in a Gay Bar." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Bourse, Vera

• "On the Farm 'Down Under.'" Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Bowman, Mark

• "The Leadership of Jimmy Creech." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "Thought on the L/G/B/T Religious Movement." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   
• "Wholly Himself, Holy His Calling: An Interview with Bayard Rustin." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Boyd, Malcolm

• "A Prayer for Gay People in the Church." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 3.
   
• "Puzzle." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Boykin, Keith

• "I Speak Today As One Black Gay Man." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Brink, Eugene

• "Twenty-Five years With a Woman Followed by Twenty Years With a Man." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Brockus, Harold M.

• "A Call to Affirm Sexual Minority Youth." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   
• "We're Family." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Brooten, Bernadette J.

• How Natural is Nature? Augustine's Sexual Ethics [PDF], February 20, 2003
   
• "The Bible and Love Between Women." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   

Brown, Joanne Carlson

• "'I Have Called You By Name.'" Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Brown, Timothy

• "Youth Suicide and the White Ribbon Campaign." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Brown, Timothy J., and Leann McCall Tigert

• "Bill of Rights for LGBTQ Youth in the Church." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Bryan, Susan Quinn

• "'A Bouquet of Birds': Revisioning Family." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   
• "Lachrymanl of Healing." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Burt, Daphne

• "'Now I Know God Loves Me.'" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Buxton, Craig A.

• "The Body of Christ Stretches to Be Inclusive." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3
   

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Campbell, Sara Moores

• ÒLove in the Open: Strengthening Families By Our Welcome.Ó Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Canton, Alan N.

• "When We All Get Together: Aftermath of a Firebombed Synagogue." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Carlstone, D. S.

• "Chaos, Uncertainty, Relativism: How Do They Speak to People of Faith?" Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   
• "The Sacrifice — A Short Story." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Castuera, Ignacio

• "Modeling Skills for Living with Conflict." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Cave, Brian

• "Saved Twice." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Chilstrom, Herbert W.

• "Three Keys to Solving Conflict." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Chittister, Joan

• "A Prayer in Honor of Those Whom Jesus Loved." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Choy, Virstan B. Y.

• "Saving Face/Saving Relationship." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Clark, Michael

• "Finding Home: Toward an Erotic Ecotheology." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Cobb, Joe

• "Queer Quest for the Broken Grail." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Coffin, William Sloane

• "Let Us Be Impatient With Prejudice." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Cook, Ann Thompson

• "Made in GodÕs Image" Re-Thinking Constructs of Gender and Orientation." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   
• "Welcoming Transgender Children." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   
• "Why Talk About This With Kids?" Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Cooper, David

• "Law vs. Truth." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Coughlin, Ron

• "A Litany for Worship." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Coughlin, Ronald

• "Our 'Evil Twins': The Pitfall of Defining Ourselves over Against Others." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   
• "Beginning with Theology, Not Lifestyle." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Creech, Jimmy

• "A Letter from Jimmy Creech." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Cummings, Rob

• "Holy Word (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

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Dake, Ben

• "More Light in Timber Country." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Davis, Sara

• "A Father's Legacy." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

de Bardelaben, Bentley

• "Capable of Monogamy With Either Gender." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

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Editor

• "Ground-Breaking Case: Gay Youth Protected." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   
• "Same Sex Unions: Introduction to the Issues." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   
• "The Hawaii Case: A Summary." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Egertson, Paul W.

• Crumbs from the Master's Table. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Ellison, Marvin M.

• "What Makes 'Good Sex' Good?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Ellison, Pat Taylor

• "God is Up to Something, Even in Congregational Conflict." ÊOpen Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Erickson, Teri Shugart

• "My Son Mitchell." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Eudy, Tim

• "Shall Unmarried Couples Be Introduced Together?" Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Eugene, Toinette M.

• Dealing with Diversity. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

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Fahnestock, Della

• Relationships, not Policies Make Welcoming Churches: A Case Study in the United Church of Christ [PDF], October 2004
   

Farley, Margaret A.

• "Giving Future to a Present Love." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Fast, Natasha, with Megan Fast

• "Two Schools, Two Approaches." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Fell, Judy

• "Amazing Grace." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Felton, Gayle Carlton

• "Reflections on the Trinitarian Formula." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   
• "Welcoming Waters: Baptismal Traditions and Inclusivity Concerns." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Fischer, Irmgard

• "PFALyG — Padres, Familiares y Amigos de Lesbianas y Gays." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Fluent, Allen

• "Six Handy Guidelines for Dialogue on 'The Issue." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Folberg, Steven

• "The Meaning of a Jewish Blessing." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Ford, Mike

• "Henri NouwenÕs Hidden Legacy." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Fortune, Marie

• "A Sexual Ethic of 'Least Harm.'" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Furnish, Dorothy Jean

• Coming Out Old: Issues of Ageism and Privilege. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

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Gibeling, Bob

• "A Welcoming Strategy for Your Denomination." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Gillespie, David R.

• "Celebration of Providence: A Short Story."
   

Gilman, Philip W.

• "Christian Haikus." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Glaser, Chris

• "1000 at WOW 2000: The Very Much Later Acts of the Apostles." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   
• "A House Divided." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   
• "A Rural Indignity." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   
• "Bridges Over Troubled Water." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   
• "Creative Chaos: How God Did it and Does it." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   
• "Living 'As If.'" Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 3.
   
• "Outlaws and 'Inlaws'." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "Pride Is Faith in Our Belovedness." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   
• "The God of Violence." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   
• "World Towers & Church Towers." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   
• "Wound with a View" Our Gift to the Church." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Golden, David

• "Everyone Is Welcome Here (a hymn)." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Gomes, Peter J.

• "Beyond the Human Point of View." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   

González, Marilú, et al

• "Mexico City's Missionaries of the Realm of God." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Goss, Bob

• "Not 'Privileging' Our Oppression." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Goss, Robert E.

• "How Bisexuality May Shape Queer Theologies." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Graves, Jan

• "Signs of God — Making Banners in Worship." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Gregg, Beth, and John Gregg

• "Super-Moral-Legalistic-Conformation-Itis (a song)." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Griesinger, Jan

• "Coming Out Christian: The Campus Minister's View." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   
• "Down on the Farm." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Griesse, Ron

• "When A Child 'Comes Out.'" Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Grimes, Russell, and Cole Williams

• "Sowing Inclusive Love in the Rural Heartland." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

Groves, Patricia A.

• "Learning From Our Daughter." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Guess, J. Bennett

• Faithful to our Past and Future Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

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Hacopian, Anastasia

• "Campus Ministries: Rich Soil." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

Haines, Monica

• "The College Network." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Hall, Douglas John

• "Keeping the Church Together in a Pluralistic World." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Hall, Trey

• "How 'Welcoming' Are Youth Groups?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   
• "Learning about Jesus." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Hamilton, Kenneth

• The Flames of Namugongo: Postcoloniality Meets Queer on African Soil?
  November 22, 2002
   

Hanks, Tom

• "International Gay Group Addresses Religion." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   
• "The Biblical Word on Violence — Oppression vs. Liberating Justice." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Hardesty, Nancy A., et al

• "Prayers of the Body." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "Young, Gay, Dead: Suicide in Homosexual Teenagers." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Hargleroad, Bobbi Wells

• "Only Say the Word..." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Harris, Allen V.

• "Caught In Between!" Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   
• "Hanna's 'Disorder': Her Faithful Response to Chaos." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   
• "Teaching Children About Healing." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Hay, Mitchell, and Barbara Lemmel

• Gender Privilege: A Rural Clergy Couple's Conversation. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Helminiak, Daniel A.

• "Profound Holiness at the Heart of Gay Love: Meeting AIDS Honestly and Lovingly." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   
• "Scripture, Homosexuality, and the Nature of Christianity." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   
• "Sexual Ethics Without Religion." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "When Love Stirs the Swamp of Our Psyches: Restructuring Spiritual Understandings." Ê Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Henderson, Tolonda

• "Whispers and Stares: Being Black and Lesbian at Church." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Herron-Sweet, April

• "Specific in Rejection — Why Not in Welcome?" Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Heyward, Carter

• "Toward a Nonviolent Understanding of Atonement." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Hill, Anita

• "Welcoming God's Call: Ecclesiastical Disobedience." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 3.
   

Hill, Anita C., and Susan L. Thornton

• "Tip." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Hill, Charles

• "Meeting A Buddhist Monk on the Way Home From Work." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Hoffman, John

• "Where is Sanctuary in the Catholic Church?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Hoffman, Patricia

• "Discerning the Nearness of God: Lectio Divina and AIDS." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Houston, Randy

• "God's Promise." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Howell, Leon

• "'War of Ideas' — An Imbalance of Power." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Huebsch, Janet Jacobs

• "Reconciling Janet." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Hunt, Mary E.

• "Ecumenical Politeness Reconsidered: Transcending Denominational Divisions to Address Concerns of Justice." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   
• "For Your Consideration: Sexual Integrity." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   
• "Fear Is Such A Hassle." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Huntly, Alyson

• "How Long?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   
• "Steps on a Journey." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Hutchins, Christina K.

• Holy Ferment: Queer Philosophical Destabilizations and the
  Discourse on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives in Christian Institutions [PDF], September 2001
   

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Jaeckel, Ruth

• "Breaching a Wall of Silence in the South." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

James, Chip

• "The Pink Cup: Kairos Teaching Moments." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

James, Kathlyn

• "Healing from the Heart." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Jaynesdaughter, Gaye

• "Bigot-Trees or Nature's Way? A Poem." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   
• "Peeking Out." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

John and Mary

• "A Bisexual Couple's Story." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Johnson, Bob

• "God Says, 'I Love You.'" Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Johnson, Eleanor H.

• "Native Memories." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Johnson, Jay

• GAY AND CHRISTIAN - SoulForce Equality Ride Forum at Wheaton College
  May 2006
   
• Bishop Robinson and the Future of Anglican Christianity
  September 2004
   
• A Failure to Communicate? Bible-Talk Among Anglican Christian [PDF]
   
• Faithful Evolution: The Dynamic Character of Christian Theology in Anglican Traditions [PDF]
   

Johnson, Toby

• "Re-Creating Religion." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Jones-Yelvington, Timothy

• "Harassed at Age Twelve." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Jones, Skip

• "When I Come to the Table of Remembrance." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Juillerat, Martha

• "Anonymous Rural Stoles, Anonymous Rural Ministries." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   
• "Conflicts of Conscience." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   
• "So Great A Cloud of Witnesses: The Shower of Stoles (a photo essay)." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   
• "They Know Not What They Do." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Jung, Patricia Beattie

• Heterosexuality: A Privileged Place. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

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Kanhai, Cornelius

• All Things to All People. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Kate

• "No Tidy, Carefully Labeled Box." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Kelley-Jones, Sol

• "For the Sake of Children Like Me." Ê Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Kinnamon, Michael

• "No Excuse for Abuse." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Knepper, Jeanne, and Andrea Abernethy

• "Myths, Stereotypes, and Gender Roles." Ê Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Knotts, Alice G.

• "Fear of Church Association with Homosexuality in John Wesley's Era." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   
• "We Need Each Other (poem)."
   

Knotts, Alice G., and Joanne Carlson Brown

• "Turning the Church Rightside Up to Bless Same-Gender Love." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Knox, Harry

• "A Call to the Church: Open the Door!" Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Kocher-Hillmer, Jim

• "Out of the Pit, Into the Woodwork — Not!" Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   
• "Be For Us A Model." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Koteras, Richard

• "Holy Word (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Kraus, Laurie

• "Sacred Potter (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Kreider, Robert Showalter

• "Belief and Belovedness." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Kuefler, Matt

• The Practice of Self-Castration in Early Christianity, March 6, 2003
   

Kundtz, David

• Why Do They Hate Us So Much? [PDF], March 2005
   

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Lafontaine, Laurene

• "Creative Conversationalist (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Lang, Liz

• "Keeping Secrets — A Children's Story." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Larson-Hurd, Jean

• "Bringing the Conversation Home to Rural America: Welcoming Conference in Montana." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Laurie, Susan

• "Whose Church Is It, Anyway?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Law, Eric H. F.

• "Be Whole as Your God in Heaven is Whole." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Lee, Tuck-Leong Andrew

• "Saint Francis in Singapore." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Lentz, Robert and Bridge Building Images

• "Wéwha of Zuni." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Lewis, Thomas Kelson

• "Becoming Joseph." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   

Lim, You-Leng L.

• "Colonialism's Anti-Gay Legacy. A Case in Point: Singapore." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

• Living Relationships: Living in Christ. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Lirones, Margaret

• The Caring Shepherd: A Parable for Children Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Lodwick, Bob

• "The Power of Grace." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Lodwick, Robert C.

• "Homosexuality, European Churches, the Ecumenical Movement, and the WCC Meeting in Harare." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Long, Patricia V.

• "Legal Considerations." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Lopata, Casey

• "Can My son be Gay and Catholic? Reconciling Teachings with Experience." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

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MacDonald, Margaret, and Dotty Kay Stillman

• "As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation?" Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Madew, Melinda

• "Women Loving Women in Fiji." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Manning, Madeleine

• "Revisiting Psalms 8, 25, 17." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Manuel, Alfred A.

• "What Will John Calvin Think? Gay and Lesbian Christians in Geneva." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Marshall, Joretta L.

• "Healing Communities of Faith." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Martin, Dale B.

• Arsenokoit's and Malakos: Meanings and Consequences
  Reproduced from Biblical Ethics & Homosexuality: Listening to Scripture, edited by Robert L. Brawley
   

Massey, Peter

• "I'm Still Dancing: A one-may play about AIDS." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Mattheir, Robert W., and Sierra Pacific Synod Council

• Living with Institutional Conflicts. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Mattheis, Robert W.

• "God of all time and space." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Matthews, Jeffrey A.

• "Consider An Interfaith Resource Fair." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Matthias, Dody S.

• "Transformation in Front of Our Own Eyes." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Mawson, Rick and Warren Kreml

• "Welcoming God's Love: Traditional Marriages." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 3.
   

McClain, George D.

• "God's Coming Out... In a New Reformation!" Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

McCloskey, Benjamin P.

• "What Is It Like Being Gay at Calvin College"? Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

McCloskey, Deirdre N., and Martha L. Olney

• "Acts 8 in Today's Church." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

McComas, Paul

• "Common Ground: Exceprts from Unplugged, A Novel in Progress." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   
• "God's Apology: A Short Story set in the South Dakota Badlands." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

McCoy, Jeremy

• "My 'Aunt Sue'." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

McFadden, Barbara

• "Breaking Silence." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

McGinley, Timothy C.

• "Home." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

McNeill, John

• How Should Lesbian and Gay Catholics Respond to the Hierarchy's Decision to Bar Gays from the Seminaries and the Priesthood?
   
• "Maturity and the Church of the Holy Spirit." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   
• "Taking A Chance on God for Us." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Medina, Ariel Barrios

• "Coming Out as a Sacrament in Argentina." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Merkle, Dale

• "When Our Son Came Out of the Closet, We Went In." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Merz, DeeAnna P. with Al Duvall

• Valuing Differences: A Process of Experience. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   

Metheny, Rachel

• "'That They May Be One'" Rejecting Binary Categories to be Whole and Holy." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   

Miller, Gene E.

• "A Thanksgiving Conversation." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Miller, Randy

• "A Litany for Freedom." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Monroe, Irene

• Black Queers can't "Leave it to Beaver". Article on Souls 'a Fire 2 Conference.
   
• "Do You Want to be Healed? Not Getting Stuck in Our Woundedness." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   
• "Remembering Rita Hester: The 'T' in LGBT." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 2.
   
• "Take Back the Bible." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   

Morrison, Melanie

• "Bethany Tuesday: A Place at the Table." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   
• Transforming Despair into Hope .Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Moses, Jeff

• "Turning the World Upside Down: A Gay Jewish Perspective." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Moulton, Brenda J.

• "Conflicts of Autonomy." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Moulton, Brenda J., and Howard Miller

• Living with our Differences Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Moyer, Heather

• "Coming Out Christian: A Student's View." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Murphy-Holt, Jeff

• "A Soul Divided — Rejecting a Gay Identity." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

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Nakashima-Brock, Rita

• "Walking in the Moonlight." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Nangeroni, Nancy

• "Transgenderism: Challenging the Binary." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

National Black Presbyterian Caucus

• "An Open Letter from African-American Clergy and Laity." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Neu, Diann

• "My Ordination." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Norfleet, Agnes

• "One Loaf, One Cup, One Body — While a Church Divided." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Norman, Les

• "Reconciling." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

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Oliveto, Karen P.

• "Four Snapshots — Many Lessons." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   
• "I Am!" Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Olson, Stanely N.

• "Welcoming Conversations: Suggestions for Small Town and Rural Congregations." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Osterman, Mary Jo

• Making Tangled Roots Visible. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Otto, David D.

• "Living in the Tensions." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

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Palmquist, Susan

• "R.S.V.P." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Park, David Kerr

• "Shining Like the Sun — A Sanctoral Cycle for ALL the Saints." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   

Parons, Desmond K.

• "Out of Fundamentalism." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Penrose, Leslie, and Greg Dell

• "Individual Integrity vs. Institutional Injunction: Two Responses to a Ban on Same-Gender Blessings." Ê Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Phillips, Timothy

• "Baptists and Baptism: Diversity and Spiritual Responsibility." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Pierce, Lisa Ann

• "Disorderly Conduct: Doing A New Thing: Reflections on Ordination." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   
• "What If We Become A Gay Church?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Pinkard, Lynice

• Ain't I a Woman? . . . No, boo, you're a lesbian! [PDF]
   

Poole, Dick

• "Divinely Knitted in My Mother's Womb." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Pope, Mary

• "A Reconciling Meal." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Powers, Georgia

• "The Denial of Love: A Non-Heterosexual Interpretation of Peter's Denial." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   

Powers, Roger S.

• "The Dual Ministries of Welcoming Churches." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

Pozar, Michael

• "Homoerotic Mysticism: Finding God in Unexpected Places." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Presnell, Caroline

• "Medical/Therapeutic Processes — and their Critics." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Preston, James

• "Sowing with Patient Endurance." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

Price, Ann Freeman

• "Restless Church." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Prichard, Miriam H.

• "The Prior Question: A Theological Basis for Blessing Same-Gender Covenants." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   
• "Incarnating Good News." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Pulling, Jeffrey

• "Eucharist Defines Who We Are." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Purintun, Michael

• "If these Churches are Silent, Gay Choruses Themselves Will Sing Out." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Purkey, Donald R.

• "Suffer the Little Children..." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

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Reed, Sarah M.

• "From Fear to Advocacy." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Riglin, Keith

• "The United Reformed Church's Debate on Ordination in the UK." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Riley, Donna

• "Lesbian - NOT! A Christian for Gender Independence." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Ritter, Thomas J.

• "Believers, Here We Gather (a hymn)." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Robb, Carol

• "Sexual Ethics in an Overpopulated World: Pollution, Purity, Property, and Procreation." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Rodriguez, Stephanie

• "A Place at the Table." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Roe, Ben

• "Diversity, Privilege, and Faith: Studying Connections." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   
• "Test Your 'Bi-Q': A Sexual Orientation Worksheet." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   
• "Toward A Christian Understanding of Bisexuality." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Roger, Diana

• "Avoiding 'Been There/Done That'" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Rolston, Brooke

• "A Work of God." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Rue, Victoria

• "Welcoming God's Church: A Critical Mass." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 3.
   

Ruether, Rosemary Radford, and Karen L. Bloomquist

• The Elite and the Other: Thoughts on Classism. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Rush, Julian

• "Come to the Table." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

Ryan, Tony

• "Ministry is About Sacred Story." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

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S., Tiffany

• "Standing Tall: A Crossdresser's Story." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

S., Vanessa

• "Double Blessing — and a Call." Ê Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Sadtler-Taylor, Lucy

• "The Girl Who Wanted Justice." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Santillan, Paul

• "Allies Inside Closed Doors." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Schill, Victor L.

• "Tell Us A Story! A Trip to the Children's Library." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Seeds, Matthew, et al

• "Coming Out Young." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Shepherd, Barries J.

• "Real Presence." Real Presence
   

Simpson, Jennifer

• Identifying Race Privilege: From One White to Another. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Sinclair, Donald W.

• "Airing Out Spouses' Closets." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Smith, Hope

• "Upside Down, Inside Out Feelings." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

Spring, John

• "Sex in Church — Can We Talk?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Stevens, Marsha

• "Diversity (a hymn)." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   
• "Out of the Mouth... of a Teen." Ê Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 1.
   

Stott, T. Lynn

• "Question (Biblical) Authority!: Free in the Spirit, Not Shackled by a Text." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   

Sumwalt, John

• The People of the Eyes. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Super, Ashley Lynn

• "Opened Doors — A Transsexual's Experience." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

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Tan, Hong

• "Jesus Somehow Became Chinese." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Teerrill, Gloria R.

• "In Transition: Vignettes." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 2.
   

TeSelle, Eugene

• "Purchasing Power of the Press — An Example." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   

Thomas, Jan, and Anne and Rebecca Thomas

• "Gay Godparents — 'What's the Big Deal?'" Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Thompson, Mark

• "Shadow Workers and Soul Guides." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Tigert, Leanne

• "Trouble Behind the Door." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Tigert, Leann McCall, and Timothy J. Brown

• "Prayers for Coming Out and for Affirming Congregations." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 3.
   

Tirabassi, Maren C.

• "Companions." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   
• "Something There Is...: After Robert Frost's 'The Mending Wall'." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Tolbert, Mary Ann

• Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: Biblical Texts in Historical Contexts
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• Where Have All the Young Girls Gone?, June 2002, from Clergy Sexual Misconduct: Perspectives
   

Torr, Douglass John

• "No Longer an Alien in the Household of God: Growing Up as a Gay Christian in South Africa." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   

Trompen, John

• "Eternal God (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Tutt, Timothy

• "Children of God and the Big Lie." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   
• "What Is A Closet?" Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Tymchyshyn, Pay

• "Why Be Specific in Our Welcome?" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 3.
   

Udis-Kessler, Amanda

• "'For the Least of These': The Current Class Divide and the Obligations of Christian L/G/B/Ts." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   
• "A Gift for the Altar (a hymn)." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   
• "Tapestry of Light." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   
• "The Holy Leper and the Bisexual Christian." Ê Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

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Unknown

• "'Fumorist' Kate Clinton." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   
• "A Ministry and Movement of Reconciliation: Reconciling Congregation Program." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "AIDS Quilt as Folk Art (a photo essay)." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   
• "Baptized Into One Family: Welcoming and Affirming Baptists." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Being Inclusive as God Is: INCLUSIVE Congregations." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Columcille" A Sacred Space and Place." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   
• "Coming Out Old: Issues of Ageism and Privilege." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   
• "Dancing At the Walls of Injustice: Supportive Congregations Network." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Daring to Fly With Wings Like Eagles: The Uniting Church in Australia and Homosexuality." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 4.
   
• "From JeffreyÊto Angels: Education for Gay/Lesbian Advocacy in a Theological Seminary." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   
• "Getting Sexuality in Perspective: Cross Cultural Comparisons. Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "GLAD to Go Into God's House: Open and Affirming Ministries." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "In the Beginning, Sodom: More Light Presbyterians." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Old Roots, New Branches: Cultivating Inclusion in Asian-American Churches." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   
• "Pious Injustice: Reflections on the Presbyterian General Assembly." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   
• "Revisiting Sodom: Reconciling in Christ Program." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Salvation is Salvation: Affirming Congregation Programme." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Sowing Seeds of Hope." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   
• "Sowing Trust at the Borders: A Response to Subversion." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   
• "The Biblical Word on Violence — Oppression vs. Liberating Justice." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 1.
   
• "Turning the Tables: Open and Affirming Program." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 4.
   
• "Weave: A Song." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 3.
   
• "What Is Your Risk Factor?" Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

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Viefhues, Ludger H., SJ

• "Troubling the Waters of Gender Expectations: Religious and Queer Vocations." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

Vol, Rich Tafel

• "Can You Be Gay and Republican?" 14, No. 2.
   

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Warren, Howard B., Jr.

• "Sharing God's Grace-Filled Gifts." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   
• To Denominational Gate Keepers: A Call to Action. Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 2.
   

Warren, Howard

• "God's Glorious Gadfly." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 2.
   

Washington, Craig

• "Escape for Your Life." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   
• "Tolerance Is Not Enough: Inclusion and the Problem of 'Elmwood'." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Watson, Brian

• "Urban Legends: Deconstructing Urbocentrism." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 4.
   

Weidler, Scott

• "Gathering at God's Feast." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 2.
   

White, Mel

• "A Soulforce Response." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 2.
   
• "It's Not About Marriage — It's About Civil Rights." Ê Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 4.
   

Wilcoxson, Georgeanne

• "Slow us Down, Sacred Spirit (a prayer)." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   

Williams, Ralph

• "Why Be Specific in Our Welcome?: The President's Church Affirms Unity With Gays and Lesbians." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 3.
   

Williamson, George, Jr.

• "At Issue for Us." Open Hands Vol. 11, No. 4.
   
• "Evangelism: Broadcasting God's Grace." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 3.
   

Wilson, Nancy L.

• "Coming Home to Myself: My Not So Private Jubilee." Open Hands Vol. 17, No. 1.
   
• "Outing the Bible: A Queer Biblical Agenda." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 3.
   

Wilson, Rachel C.

• "A Long Journey Into Welcome." Open Hands Vol. 16, No. 2.
   

Wingstrom, William N.

• "Confession: A Male — Age 80 — 1996." Open Hands Vol. 12, No. 1.
   

Wolfe, Charles A.

• "Why March in Gay Pride? Just Peace!" Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

Wolfe, Jim

• "A Sexual Desiderata." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   
• "Pastoring Bisexual Men on Line." Open Hands Vol. 14, No. 1.
   

Wray, Judith Hoch

• "Gracious Chaos in the Early Church: God's Radical Grace." Open Hands Vol. 15, No. 1.
   

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Ziegert, Thomas C.

• "Blessed and Challenged by Jesus: Where We Get the Chutzpah to Do Our Own Ethics." Open Hands Vol. 13, No. 4.
   

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