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Sunday Worship Service August 24,
by Dr. David D. Swanson, senior pastor,
SEX AND THE CITY OF GOD(PART TWO): HOMOSEXUALITY
...Scripture ReadingRomans 1:26-27 ......What we learn as a church from Paul is that we need to quit looking down our noses at those who struggle with this lifestyle and realize that we are standing in the same boat with them - we are no better and no worse in the eyes of God. And I think when we begin to realize that truth, it will allow us to stop seeing homosexuality as an issue - and more as a personal struggle for thousands of people in this world - struggles similar to the ones which we wage - it just has a different name. .....
It was the summer of my middler year in seminary when I began what would become a nine-month rotation as a student chaplain at a local Catholic hospital. I was 27 years old - fresh from my classes in contemporary theology and human suffering - and ready to take on whatever the hospital could throw at me. My assignment was to minister to the patients on the cancer and infectious diseases floor.
My first few days and initial visits went fairly well - most of the people I saw at first were cancer patients - but then on my third day, I made a visit to a person who had AIDS. I walked into the room - and there before me was a frail, thin 52 year old man with AIDS who was holding hands with his 27 year old homosexual partner. Across the room sat the patient's mother and sister - and before I could get the picture entirely into focus, they each began introducing themselves to me.