Malcolm Boyd
Malcolm Boyd
Malcolm Boydwas an American Episcopal priest and author. He was active in the civil rights movement as one of the Freedom Riders in 1961 and as a minister. Boyd reached people with his book of prayers, Are You Running with Me, Jesus?, which became a bestseller. In 2005 it was published in a 40th-anniversary edition. Boyd also was active in the anti-war movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 June 1923
CountryUnited States of America
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
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I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God or not). So, any prayer on my part is a conscious response to what God is already doing in my life.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
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Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.
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I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.