Faith, God and Family: “Humble Pride” is Holy and Divine
Faith and Pride in Self By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist— “The Supreme Court ruled LGBTQ+ people cannot be fired for their orientation!” according to…
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Liberation: God Is Not A White Male
This Faith, God & Family Brings You the Creator or Divine Omnipotence, which is neither male nor white. By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist— A…
Faith, God & Family: Laughter, Gratefulness, and Self-Reflection
Faith is often crucial at times of difficulty; COVID isn’t an exception Paul P. Jesep*/Special to TRT—Someone asked me the other day, “How are you…
Faith, God & Family: Three Prayers For The New Year
Prayers can enhance our lives and those of others By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Faith Columnist— The persecuted can become the persecutor. Carl Jung referred to…
Faith, God & Family: History & Long-Term Faith Over Short-Term Fear
History and time will give us the answers By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— The last two years of our national politics can be described as…
Faith, God and Family: Sharing “Holy” Perspective Makes All Better & Stronger
Faith and the Holy By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Often, when I share spiritual advice, I say, “Life is not about mistakes.” If life were…
Faith, God And Family: Experiencing & Overcoming Depression
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Depression is not something I’d wish on my worst enemy. It’s been a companion of mine for much of my…
Faith, God and Family: What Drag Queens and the Unconventional Teach Us About Ourselves
A look at faith and our higher selves By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— World-renowned drag queen RuPaul recently shared with Oprah important insights about a,…
Faith, God, and Family: Lessons From Alabama, Drawing Strength From 2017
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— The LGBTQ community let out an enormous sigh of relief when Judge Roy Moore came up short in his effort to…
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…
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…
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…
Faith, Family, and God – A Survivor’s Guide to Biblical Basics, Part One
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Despite books, articles and media interviews with LGBTQ-friendly clergy addressing the handful of biblical references to homosexuality, there is still…
Faith, Family and God: Thinking About Relativism & Keeping Perspective
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Religious leaders, especially those opposed to LGBTQ civil and human rights, narrowly define relativism as pop culture’s attempt to impose…
Faith, Family, and God: Christmas is a Myth and Jesus Was not Born in December
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Atheists and humanists are using bus, city and highway billboards to proclaim the myth of Christmas. Religious folks are having…
Faith, Family, and God: You Don’t Go to Hell – Myths and Legends
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Many in the LGBTQ community, especially those of practicing faith, are surprised when I share that hell is myth, legend…
Project to Reduce Health Disparities Among LGBT Latino Youth & Young Adults
San Francisco, CA — The Family Acceptance Project (FAP) is being featured as a “Promising Practice” for reducing health disparities among LGBT Latinos at a…
Faith, Family, and God: A Q & A about God
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist — Does God punish LGBT people? No. God created you. You are holy. God is not self-destructive. God no more…