http://sincemylast.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Scott P. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:15:40 GMT 2010-01-08T05:15:40Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472480 Scott Sherman, First You Fall (Alyson Books, 2008) 224 pp.   Kevin Connor, the hustler hero of Scott Sherman’s new novel “First You Fall” is a classic: he’s got the proverbial heart of gold. . . . Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472480 Scott P. 2008-10-09T11:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472125 Andrea Askowitz, My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy (Cleis Press, 2008), 237 pp.   A sure testament to a writer’s talent is her ability to draw and hold a reader for whom the subject . . . Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:47:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977472125 Scott P. 2008-10-09T00:47:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977471443 “Never trust the storyteller,” advises one of the thousands of characters who inhabit Rabih Alameddine’s 2008 novel, The Hakawati , “but always trust the stories.”     It’s good advice, . . . Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977471443 Scott P. 2008-10-08T12:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977441775 Review of First Person Plural by Andrew W.M. Beierle (New York: Kensington 2007), 322pp.               On the surface, Andrew Beierle’s . . . Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:39:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977441775 Scott P. 2008-09-06T14:39:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977432349 I have a new defense for all those self-proclaimed orthodox bloggers who might criticize Saint Anthony Shrine for being welcoming of gay and lesbian Catholics: At least we don’t have a Buddha. It . . . Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:34:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977432349 Scott P. 2008-08-28T11:34:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977382013 Well, this is my "Dear Sean" letter. It's a perfect inversion. Instead of being about break-ups, it's about reconciliation. And leper kisses. That part is important. Dear Cardinal . . . Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:46:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977382013 Scott P. 2008-06-25T10:46:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977371838 Go to you local bookstore. Do it. Now. Check where they've shelved my book . Yup, you've guessed it – in the "Gay and Lesbian" section. Not, decidedly, in the "Catholic" . . . Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:19:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977371838 Scott P. 2008-06-13T10:19:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977361768 Below please find author readings/signings scheduled so far for my funny new book "Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir."  More added all the time -- check back here .  . . . Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:42:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977361768 Scott P. 2008-06-05T02:42:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358133 Sex and The Sacred: Gay Identity and Spiritual Growth , by Daniel A. Helminiak (Binghamton: Harrington Park Press, 2006), 235pp. by Scott D. Pomfret (Author of Since My Last Confession, www.sincemylastconfession.com . . . Sat, 31 May 2008 13:46:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358133 Scott P. 2008-05-31T13:46:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358130 As you will read about in the book , YouTube can be addictive.   I swear I am on the YouTube wagon, but someone sent me a video I could not help but sharing. One of my projects is a nascent . . . Sat, 31 May 2008 13:43:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358130 Scott P. 2008-05-31T13:43:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977351691             60,000 people showed up in Yankee Stadium to celebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI.   Tickets were in short supply.   Several . . . Fri, 23 May 2008 02:31:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977351691 Scott P. 2008-05-23T02:31:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977345227 According to the Boston Globe , the Vatican announced that belief in aliens from outer space is perfectly consistent with belief in God.   Extra terrestrials, the Vatican's chief astronomer . . . Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977345227 Scott P. 2008-05-14T11:47:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344520 In Sal Sapienza's 2006 novel, Seventy Times Seven , Vito Fortunato gets lots of guidance from God, but the messages do not come via the burning bush.   For Vito, the voice of God is . . . Tue, 13 May 2008 12:26:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344520 Scott P. 2008-05-13T12:26:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338921 Last year, a lesbian couple in Wyoming, married in Canada, and mothers of three, got a surprise in the mail. At the request of their bishop ( David Ricken ), their pastor informed them by letter that . . . Mon, 05 May 2008 12:13:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338921 Scott P. 2008-05-05T12:13:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977335122   Saint Pio of Pietrelcina was a cutter . Like a twentieth-century Amy Winehouse or one of those hunched-shoulder hollow-eyed Goth girls sporting black eyeliner and nail polish . . . Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:08:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977335122 Scott P. 2008-04-29T23:08:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977326232 Don't get me wrong.   I am pleased and proud that members of the gay Catholic group Dignity staked out the roadside along the Popemobile's route through Washington DC.   For years, . . . Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:24:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977326232 Scott P. 2008-04-18T00:24:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305676 As if to emphasize the fact that the laity are really beside the point in the view of the Pope Benedict XVI hierarchy, it appears that there will be no lay ministers serving at the Masses he is celebrating . . . Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:32:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305676 Scott P. 2008-04-09T11:32:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977286137 There will be no ceremonial flinging of the corned beef at Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley of Boston this year. The Cardinal has learned on the job. He may pick fights with gay folks , womenpriests . . . Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:47:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977286137 Scott P. 2008-03-17T01:47:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271806 My non-writing friends are always surprised when I tell them that we authors who are neither Steven King nor Dan Brown have very little control over their book covers. Book covers tend to be imposed from . . . Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:36:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977271806 Scott P. 2008-02-29T15:36:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259095 It's not enough for the Church to resurrect the Latin Mass from 1962.   It's not enough for priests who weren't even born ten years after Vatican II to nostalgically don priestly vestments . . . Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:45:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977259095 Scott P. 2008-02-15T13:45:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977250750             Last week, I attended a panel discussion called " Sex on the Margins ."   Hosted by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & . . . Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:28:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977250750 Scott P. 2008-02-06T04:28:11Z