Our prayers must spring from the indigenous soil of our own personal confrontation with the Spirit of God in our lives.
Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.
I find in the Psalms much the same range of mood and expression as I perceive within my own life of prayer.