Jeromy Johnson | March 2, 2012
Share As I was researching ideas for a possible thesis topic, I stumbled across this post by Nathan with the Marin Foundation (be sure to check out what they are doing…VERY cool stuff). It moved me very much and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy (and the next time you see a man [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 1, 2012
Share Warning, this post asks a few tough unspoken questions in straight-forward, honest ways. (And it mentions the word penis). A lot has been said surrounding God and the gay community (LGBT). But if we were honest, for most, doesn’t it boil down to one question: “Does God really care where the penis goes?” (Told [...]
Jeromy Johnson | July 1, 2011
Share “If I would have known you were going to be gay, I would have aborted you.” This is what a mother told her son after she learned that he was gay. NPR did a story on gay immigrants shedding light on their story of living in the United States. In this particular segment the [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 28, 2011
Share As I entered into my preteen years, a deep attraction for the opposite sex came crashing in like an unwelcome stranger. I was scared. These were new feelings and I knew that they would not be accepted by my family or friends. How could I be attracted to girls? I kept my attraction hidden [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 16, 2011
Share Last Tuesday afternoon I was driving home from work. While slowing for traffic, I offered up this simply prayer, “God, show me your love in a tangible way. Please, I need to know it.” Now what I was really praying was for God to convey his love through a mystical experience where I got [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 15, 2011
ShareHere is a personal video of me reading my letter to homosexuals: I Stand With You. If you know someone who you feel needs to hear this, please feel free to pass it on. To be honest, I wrestled with the decision to record this video, but decided to so there is a person behind [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 13, 2011
ShareEverywhere Bodies curl tightly, clutching knees. Falling tears, pooling. Alone Everywhere Wounds bleed secretly, hidden from eyes. Stinging words, haunting. Alone Everywhere Hopes shatter slowly, dreams fade. Damning lies, cursing. Alone Somewhere A voice whispers quietly, spoken to all. Loving words, healing. Embraced :: I wrote this poem as a reflection on the notes, comments, [...]
Jeromy Johnson | May 11, 2011
Share [Leerlo en Español] [Watch the video reading] I don’t know what it is like to be black and carry the weight of years of oppression and racism on my shoulders. To pull myself up out of that oppression. To feel different and lacking simply because of the color of my skin. I am white. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 7, 2011
ShareCheck out my friend, Chad Holtz, as a guest on The Atheist Perspective. (Feed viewers, see video below) The Atheist Perspective – 4/5/2011 from Jamie Jamison on Vimeo. Chad’s closing words: My closing remarks on the show were in response to the question, “What is heaven?” I’d love to hear your thoughts on this…. [...]
Jeromy Johnson | August 9, 2009
Share What’s worse? For a child to go un-adopted and grow up in “the system” without a loving home, bouncing from group home to group home, or be adopted by two loving, monogamous parents who provide a stable, caring home, yet both are the same gender/sex? Put it another way. What’s worse? For a child [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 29, 2009
Share This last weekend in Berkeley, CA—just outside San Francisco—an obviously practicing sinner was ordained as a card-toting member of the professional clergy. One brief glance at his attire and how he carried himself was all that was needed to see the obvious sin this man was involved in. Though as clear as day by [...]
Jeromy Johnson | October 21, 2008
Share I am amazed. Since California legalized same-sex marriages in May, 2008 and an estimated 22,000 people of the same sex have wed…our social world and order hasn’t collapsed or fallen apart, as some feared it would. In fact, I have hardly noticed any difference in life at all, except the amount of money and [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 12, 2008
Share The thing that I love about Jesus is that everywhere he went, he seemed to praise and bless those that the surrounding religious establishment (in his case, the different sects of Judaism) seemed to curse and damn; those they considered heathens; those they deemed outside of God’s grace and will; those that they relegated [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 14, 2007
Share There is a great bakery down the street from our house called “The Great Harvest Bread Company”. We frequently go there for their free samples and their homemade sandwiches. A few month ago, I met Len, a good friend of mine, there for lunch. It was a beautiful day so we decided to sit [...]
