Past Reflections
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- 04/28/2012 - Leap of Faith
- 04/07/2012 - A CONVERSATION FOR EASTER and PASSOVER
- 11/23/2011 - Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks In Tough Times
- 11/13/2011 - Father Beck Interviews Judith Light
- 11/06/2011 - Father Beck Interviews Judy Collins
- 10/16/2011 - Father Beck Interviews Julianne Moore
- 09/22/2011 - Joel Osteen and Fr. Beck
- 09/01/2011 - Election 2012: God's Role in Politics?
- 07/31/2011 - NASCAR, Budweiser, Goodyear and God?
- 07/17/2011 - The New God Squad
- 07/10/2011 - Casey Anthony: What Would God Say?
- 06/19/2011 - For My Father on Father's Day
- 05/22/2011 - Will the world really end on May 21st?
- 05/07/2011 - Is Bin Laden pure evil?
- 04/24/2011 - Fr. Beck on MORNING JOE
- 04/10/2011 - Cokie Roberts on her Inter-faith marriage and more
- 03/20/2011 - Joy Behar on Faith Parts 1 & 2
- 02/20/2011 - Cairo & Lara Logan
- 02/12/2011 - Digital Confession
- 01/30/2011 - The great celibacy debate
- 01/23/2011 - What Have We Learned From Tucson?
- 01/16/2011 - Lessons From the Tucson Tragedy
- 12/27/2010 - The Redeeming Power of Santa
- 12/12/2010 - Moment of Faith: Charity
- 11/21/2010 - Finding A FRESH Way to Look At Life
- 10/31/2010 - Final Chance for Charlie Sheen?
- 10/24/2010 - Spirituality of THE SIMPSONS?
- 10/17/2010 - Faith in the Mine, Religion, and Teen Suicide
- 10/10/2010 - Hate Speech: How Can It Be Christian?
- 09/26/2010 - Throwing Rocks at Faith
- 09/12/2010 - The Price of Religious Hostility
- 08/29/2010 - A Time For Tolerance
- 08/22/2010 - The Perils of Perfection
- 08/15/2010 - EAT PRAY LOVE and Clergy Burnout
- 08/08/2010 - The Power of Charity
- 07/18/2010 - Mel Gibon, Lebron James, and a "Gangster Priest"!
- 07/11/2010 - Does Lindsay Lohan Need To Find Humility?
- 07/04/2010 - America's New Found Vampire Obsession
- 06/27/2010 - What Happens When Faith is Lost?
- 06/13/2010 - Adultery on the Rise
- 06/06/2010 - 25 Years in the Cloth
- 05/30/2010 - Supreme Court Takes Ethical Stand
- 05/23/2010 - Little Girls As Go-Go Dancers Is Not Okay
- 05/16/2010 - Vanessa Williams on Her Faith
- 05/09/2010 - Coming Out to God
- 05/02/2010 - Forget Love, Can't We Just Be Civil?
- 04/25/2010 - South Park Death Threat?
- 04/18/2010 - Are Gay Priests the Problem?
- 04/11/2010 - Who Cares What Would Jesus Do?
- 04/04/2010 - Easter Whether We Like It Or Not
- 03/28/2010 - Will A&P Catholics Still Flock to Church on Palm Sunday?
- 03/21/2010 - The Pastor Who Bares It All
- 03/14/2010 - SO, ARE YOU REALLY HAPPY?
- 03/07/2010 - French Confession: Call It In
- 02/28/2010 - Fasting From Comparisons and Competition
- 02/21/2010 - The Path of Redemption for Tiger Woods
- 02/14/2010 - The Power of Half
- 02/07/2010 - Human Bed Warmers More Than a Gimmick?
- 01/30/2010 - Standing Up For Sitting Down
- 01/23/2010 - How Can I Keep From Singing?
- 01/16/2010 - Images of First Family Makes Fur Fly
- 01/09/2010 - The Prized Cross
- 01/03/2010 - Here's To A Better 2010... And A Better You!
- 12/19/2009 - Sleeping On A Bed Of Nails
- 12/13/2009 - Live Like You're Dying
- 12/06/2009 - So What IS Advent Anyway?
- 11/29/2009 - The Thanksgiving Of Listening
- 11/22/2009 - What Should We Allow on Our License Plates?
- 11/15/2009 - The Woman Mauled By The Chimpanzee May Now See More Clearly Than the Rest of Us
- 11/08/2009 - Scientology: Religion, Cult, Or Just Plain Weird?
- 11/01/2009 - From All Hallows Eve To Halloween
- 10/25/2009 - Smoking: Serious As A Heart Attack
- 10/18/2009 - Looks-Obsessed Culture Making Us Unhealthy
- 10/11/2009 - Where Are The Parents?
- 10/04/2009 - Kids Killing Kids: The Real Olympian Challenge
- 09/27/2009 - Turning 50
- 09/20/2009 - The Tragedy of War with Suicides
- 09/13/2009 - Do You Want to Deny Jesus Healthcare?
- 09/06/2009 - Is Labor Day A Spiritual Holiday?
- 08/30/2009 - The Lion Of The Senate
- 08/16/2009 - Exile is Not Always A Bad Thing
- 08/09/2009 - Aren't We All Clunkers, Really?
- 07/26/2009 - All Sparkle and No Stillness
- 07/19/2009 - POPE BREAKS WRIST and HIS MESSAGE LIMPS
- 07/12/2009 - A SAD GOODBYE TO SAINT GABRIEL'S YOUTH RETREAT HOUSE
- 07/05/2009 - Wading Into The River of Resentment
- 06/28/2009 - MICHAEL and FARRAH: TOO MUCH?
- 06/21/2009 - INFIDELITY: SEXUAL AND OTHERWISE
- 06/14/2009 - SARAH PALIN IS NOT LAUGHING AT DAVID LETTERMAN
- 06/07/2009 - AN AMERICAN IDOL?
- 05/31/2009 - STANDING ON A MOTHER'S SHOULDERS
- 05/24/2009 - The Living of FARRAH FAWCETT
- 05/17/2009 - ANGELS and DEMONS
- 05/10/2009 - The Buzz Heard Around The World
- 05/03/2009 - SWINE FLU and FAITH?
- 04/26/2009 - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
- 04/19/2009 - MEL GIBON: Divorce, Annulment...Are You Kidding?
- 04/12/2009 - An Easter Message from Father Beck
- 04/05/2009 - Passion / Palm Sunday - Holy Week
- 03/29/2009 - WHY CHURCHES ARE LOSING MEMBERS
- 03/15/2009 - Introduction
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Email to a FriendMay 09, 2010 - Coming Out to God
by Father Edward L. Beck, C.P.
I went to my first ever surprise coming out party this week. It was for a woman who had put a gun in her mouth ready to kill herself because she's gay. And now she's being celebrated as a brave Country Music singer who’s putting her career on the line by telling her truth. Chely Wright, who had the number one hit Single White Female and was named one of People Magazines 50 most beautiful people said that she had one prayer that she'd repeat three times a day for years. "Please God. Just take it away. Please God, don’t let me be gay." Growing up in a strict Christian household in Kansas, everything about her life told her that she was a sinner. She lived in fear of being discovered. Fear that her career as a country singer would be over if her colleagues and fans knew her secret. So she lived a life in the shadows, in a darkness that one day found her with that gun in her mouth. But the woman who walked into her surprise party the other night had obviously come a long way. Beautiful, confident and no longer afraid. She said that there are gay kids out there being told they are in spiritual jeopardy, that they are broken. And that she's here to tell them that they're exactly as God wants them. It's taken her 39 years to be able to say that. 39 years to get beyond a God whom she thought was disappointed in her. To embracing a God she knows loves her just as she is. She now says that her real sin was lying her whole life. Somehow missing the sentence in the Bible that said the truth shall set you free. With a new book, a new album, and a new truth to tell, Chely Wright is finally setting things right.
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