tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post7497706370690634174..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Peter Gomes: Gay black Harvard minister preached "scandalous gospel"Kittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-45832095490983961292012-02-29T09:29:16.327-08:002012-02-29T09:29:16.327-08:00Ray’s poem about Peter Gomes provides a moving tri...Ray’s poem about Peter Gomes provides a moving tribute. Thanks for posting an excerpt here, Trudie. I remember that you and Ray had the privilege of becoming friends with him when all of you were teaching at Tuskegee in the 1960s.<br /><br />I urge you and Ray to also share his poem on another website: <a href="http://www.lgbtran.org/" rel="nofollow"> LGBT Religious Archives</a>. They just added a new feature that allows anyone to add their own remembrances of people listed there. Here’s how they explained it in their newsletter today:<br /><br />“Is someone posted there who was an important mentor, colleague or friend of yours? Do you recall significant experiences with or knowledge of that person that would amplify her/his biographical info? If so, go to that page in the Profiles Gallery and click on the "Tell Us Your Experience" link in the Remembrances box in the upper right corner. Then type the information or experience you would like to record with this person's profile. All entries are reviewed by LGBT-RAN staff before posting. Posting Remembrances for persons who are deceased is particularly helpful.”<br /><br />Trudie, you lived a lot of this history, so you may want to share memories of others too.<br /><br />Here is a direct link to Peter Gomes’ profile there:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=289" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=289</a>Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-89691968867975520352012-02-29T04:18:32.761-08:002012-02-29T04:18:32.761-08:00Thanks for bringing this post "in memoriam&qu...Thanks for bringing this post "in memoriam". As an additional comment, I'll append part of the poem Ray wrote last year:<br /><br />Just recently I heard that Peter Gomes had died.<br />This world has lost a good man, a wise man,<br />An intelligent man, a gay man, a holy man –<br />This world has lost a man who made a difference.<br />This world has lost a friend.<br />May you rest in peace, Dear Peter.<br />I have a new saint in heaven with whom to pray!Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-59900596315491823492012-02-28T20:58:38.131-08:002012-02-28T20:58:38.131-08:00Great story! Mary, thanks for sharing it. What a...Great story! Mary, thanks for sharing it. What a funny parody of Einstein’s claim that “God doesn’t play dice with the universe.” Einstein and many of the rest of us might be surprised to see God as African American too.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-9148515916419331372012-02-28T12:36:20.452-08:002012-02-28T12:36:20.452-08:00Peter Gomes was a great man. He also had a fine se...Peter Gomes was a great man. He also had a fine sense of humor. At the IgNobel Prize Ceremonies one year he appeared on-stage as God, playing with a huge set of fuzzy dice,Mary in Austinnoreply@blogger.com