Cherith Fee Nordling

I recently had a conversation with a young man who was part of the Soulforce- sponsored Equality Ride that toured Christian colleges and universities in the United States earlier this year. The college where I was then teaching had prepared--and prayed--long and hard to be attentive to the Equality Riders' concerns and to be ready for the possibility of honest dialogue concerning homosexuality and Christian discipleship. At dinner following the group's presentation, this young man and I talked about the…