Freedom
I want to say something that I'm afraid not enough Christians are saying. And if we truly believe that we are living in the "last days", as Paul did, that we would speak up a little bit more often. I am fortunate to have a degree in Sociology, and I want to be upfront. I spent 5 years in college reading essays, novels, articles, and dealing with statistics that all championed the minority. When I say minority, I mean race, gender, and sex. I also volunteered with an AIDS resource center, and spent hours interviewing gays, drug addicts, black men and women, and even a former prostitute about their experience in contracting HIV/AIDS. In the interviewing process, I learned the very hateful and horrible things that many people go through when contracting the disease; many are treated as lepers, and for a gay man to be further isolated in his human experience, I gained insight and compassion for the people that I became very close to. I also did research for the center I wor