These and other videos, books, tapes are available for your church education or fellowship group. 

 

"A Place at the Table".  Video, 20 minutes, 1995.  Members of Mt Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio share the meaning and significance of developing a ministry of welcome which includes gay and lesbian people, African-Americans and people of all ages and economic background.

 

"All God's Children", Video 26 minutes. Woman Vision, 1996.  Interviews with African-American leaders: Jesse Jackson, Carol Moseley-Braun, Maxine Waters  and Cornell West.  "By being open enough to everybody, it means that we have to call into question our own particular prejudices that we inherit that have nothing to do with the loving gospel of Jesus."

 

"Can We Just Talk About It: The Church and Homosexuality".  Video, 35 minutes, 1996.  Dr Ben Johnson, Professor of Christian Spirituality, Columbia Theological Seminary, hosts interviews with three people: Thomas Pritchard, candidate for Minister of Word and Sacrament who grew up as a missionary kid in Zaire, Africa, Dr Walter Brueggemann, Professor of Old Testament and Dr Charles Cousar, Professor of New Testament, both of the Seminary.

 

"Gay Youth".  Video, 40 minutes, 1992.  Produced by Pam Walton.  Bay Area Network of Gay and Lesbian Youth.  Highly recommended documentary focuses on lives of two teenagers.  A mother talks about her gay son's life and of his suicide, which may have been prevented with better understanding and support.  In a second segment, a 17 year-old lesbian prepares for her high school prom.

 

"How Can I Be Sure God Loves Me, Too?" 24 mins.  Sermon taped at Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, MI.  Rev Mel White, former ghostwriter for Pat Robertson (700 Club) and Jerry Falwell (Moral Majority) responds to those who misuse the Bible to make outcasts of God's gay and lesbian children. 

 

"Journey of the Heart".  Video 58 minutes, 1992.  Produced by John Ankele and Ann Macksoud. Documentary focuses on racism and homophobia as obstacles on the spiritual journey.  Facing fears of difference enables us to be transformed and gives us freedom.  Features Riverside Church, New York City and Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester NY.

 

"One Nation Under God".  Video 83 minutes, 1993.  Produced by Zinka Benton.  This film takes us into the world of ex-gay ministries and "conversion" therapies, revealing funny, sometimes terrifying methods used for decades to "cure" gays and lesbians of their homosexuality.  The focus is on two former leaders of one of the biggest ex-gay ministries who fall in love.

 

"Straight From the Heart". Video 24 mins. Woman Vision 1994. Moving accounts of parents' struggle with homophobia upon learning their child is lesbian or gay.  These parents journey through misinformation to a new understanding of the children they love.

 

THAT’S A FAMILY! A Film for Kids about Family Diversity”.  Video 30 minutes, 2000.  Produced by Debra Chasnoff, Ariella Ben-Dov and Fawn Yacker.  Designed especially for children who speak about their unique family experiences, explaining concepts like birth mom, mixed race, guardian, gay and lesbian, and stepdad.

 

"Your Mom's A Lesbian, Here's Your Lunch, Have a Good Day at School". Video 26 minutes, 1996.  Produced by John Ankele and Ann Macksoude.  In 1976, the Rev Jane Adams Spahr, wife and mother of two small boys, separated from her husband because she was a lesbian.  How did this affect her children, her relationship with her husband, her parents, her twin sister?  What about the Presbyterian Church of which she is an ordained minister?  A look at family values from the inside out.