THIS is an extract from a newly published book, Journeys in Grace and Truth: Revisiting Scripture and Sexuality, which asks: Is it possible to hold a positive view of same-sex relationships while being a biblically rooted Evangelical?

SUCH a sad few days since news of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub broke on Sunday. The worst terror attack on US soil since 9/11, the worst gun crime in US history, and perhaps the largest murder of LGBT people since the Holocaust. How do we respond in the face of such horror? asks Kieran Bohan.

AT THE FIRST full meeting of its governing body this year, the Church of England’s General Synod met this week to respond to last month’s meeting of the leaders of Anglican churches around the world, and calls for the church to apologise for its treatment of LGBTI Christians. Kieran Bohan reflects on what it means for the Church to be sorry.

THIS WEEK the heads of Anglican churches around the world (known as Primates) will gather in Canterbury to debate the future of their global network, the Anglican Communion, because of deep divisions over church teachings on sexuality. Kieran Bohan from our Liverpool community responds.

AT A carol service last Sunday, hosted by the first Open Table community in Liverpool, we heard this poem which was moving, inspiring and too good not to share.

THE SHARED CONVERSATIONS on Scripture, Mission and Human Sexuality in the Church of England are about half way through, with an uncertain outcome. Warren from Open Table Liverpool, who was invited to take part in the meeting for the north west of England last month, shares his reflection.

IT’S BEEN an extraordinary few weeks since the Bishop of Liverpool’s visit to the first Open Table community in Liverpool. Community co-facilitator Kieran Bohan shares some highlights.

PRIDE MARCHES in cities across the world, including New York and London, are taking place this weekend to commemorate the struggle for equality that began in New York’s Stonewall Inn in the early hours of June 28th 1969. Forty-five years after the first Pride marches, why do we still need them?

A NEW Open Table community is coming to Warrington next month, thanks to Pam Gold, former Co-Convenor of the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians (EFLGC), who has supported the first Open Table community in Liverpool since it began in 2008. Pam explains why she plans to start a new community

THIS WAS THE AIM of last week’s two-day conference Open Church: The church, sexuality, mission and the future hosted by Steve Chalke, Baptist minister and founder of international charity the Oasis Trust. Kieran Bohan from Open Table Liverpool reports.

BY POPULAR REQUEST, members of the Open Table LGBT community that meets monthly at St Bride’s Church, Liverpool spent a day away again this month, six months after our first away-day last October.

AT A carol service last Sunday, hosted by the first Open Table community in Liverpool, we heard this reading, which was moving, inspiring and too good not to share.

OPEN TABLE, the monthly service for Liverpool’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) community at St Bride’s Liverpool, held its first Retreat Day last weekend for a time of reflection on where we have come from as individuals and what it mean to be an LGBT Christian.

AS THE GOVERNMENT has announced the date when the first marriages for same sex couples in England and Wales can take place, churches which remain challenged by this social change would do well to follow the lead of Steve Chalke, a high-profile evangelical church leader, who earlier this year called for a radical rethink of Christian views on sexuality and marriage, writes Kieran Bohan from Open Table Liverpool.

AN UNEXPECTED outcome from a request to host a Christian service as part of Liverpool’s Pride festival - an annual LGBT-affirming interfaith event! Kieran reflects on the story so far.

I BEGAN to find my voice and share my story in 2009 when an author friend approached me to talk about 'coming out' - she wanted to get an understanding of this extraordinary process of identity-claiming to see what it might reveal to those people of faith who struggle to accept diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity in their communities. A bold aim - she had my attention.