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Chad

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About Me


"I believe in looking at our differences and asking ourselves,
do we really want them to keep us apart?"
~ Leonardo Smith, April 2006


by Jules Julien
http://www.julesjulien.com/
http://www.epistle.us/
Originally from Arkansas, I now live in New York City where I moved ten years ago after finishing college and a memorable year in Little Rock. I am a very spiritual person, intrinsically driven to love, and utterly impassioned for peace. I have been called idealistic, but, honestly, I am not ignorant of the realities of the world. I do have faith that we have the power to change things for the better for all, as our little ripples can translate towards utopia. I try to live the change I wish to see every day. I'm not perfect, but gracefully unique.
It's a journey!
=) Chad
PEACE NOW!
Cool Slideshows
My poems and ramblings are on MSN Groups at
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play .
Find me on Facebook here:
Chad Gurley .

My Interests



all the arms we need

WRITING, POETRY, ART, ACTIVISM, FUN =)

MY SHORT STORY:

The Stoning of Andrew
was nominated by the editors of 'In The Fray' webzine for the 2006 Million Writers Award.

MY POETRY:

Three of my poems have been selected for publication in the LGBT Christian Poetry Anthology, "SANCTIFIED" which is the world's first LGBT Christian Poetry Anthology and will feature works from numerous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians from around the world. Go here and sign up to find out when you can get your copy!

MY AFFILIATIONS:

- Maranatha: Riversiders for LGBT Concerns, The Riverside Church, NYC

- The Epistle, Webzine for LGBTQ Christians

- Soulforce

- Empire State Pride Agenda's Pride in the Pulpit

- Human Rights Campaign

- Interfaith Task Force for LGBTQ Homeless Youth

- The Riverside Church, NYC

Billie Holiday

Wish I knew how to cook...

Dreaming of vacationing...

MY ART:

kiss

taxi

enjoy

ways

boy

man

robomacbeth

thinking

fall

peeved

sombrero

robin

seathing

daisy

hershe

toocan

All art can be found at Zazzle

I'd like to meet:



I would really love to meet someone who can make me laugh out loud (especially at myself), help me to not take life so seriously, and resurrect SILLY Chad, who I remember and love. =)

Bixente

and someone to walk me through this tunnel

Music:



Henry Mancini, Lily Allen, Common, Rihanna, Erykah Badu, The Black Eyed Peas, George Michael, Outkast, I Monster, Foo Fighters, Michael Buble, Chris Cornell, Jill Scott, Scissor Sisters, Tori Amos, Lauren Hill, Dinah Washington, K.D. Lang, Paula Cole, Coldplay, Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Rooney, Daft Punk, Sally Barris, Sugarland, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Dixie Chicks, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson, John Mayer, Christina Milian, Finoa Apple, Moby, Fat Boy Slim, Fergie, Jet, Veruca Salt, The Fray, Sting, Jars of Clay, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, Billie Holiday, Snow Patrol, Doris Day . . . you name it - i probably like it

Movies:



The Major and the Minor, Run Lola Run, The Winter Sleepers, The Princess and the Warrior, Evening, The Matrix, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff, The Hours, Down with Love, Pillow Talk, Mrs. Brown, Elizabeth, Dead Ringer, Pillow Talk, The Muppet Movie, I HEART Huckabees, Ma Vie en Rose, Finding Nemo, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), Baby Doll, Maurice, The Night of the Iguana, We're Not Married, Jezebel, The Star, Mr. Skeffington, Marty, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke, Keeping Mum, Black Snake Moan, Lolita, Ladies in Lavendar, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Normal, Adaptation, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Harold and Maude, The Hoax, Latter Days, War Games, He Loves Me - He Loves Me Not, Arsenic and Old Lace, Year of the Dog, Move Over Darling, Being There, This Property is Condemned, Vera Drake, House of Sand and Fog, The Star, The Missing

Television:



Pushing Daisies, Samanatha Who, Bionic Woman, Dirty Sexy Money, Sex in the City, I Love New York, Rock of Love, Strangers with Candy, Spongebob Squarepants, MSNBC's 'Countdown' and 'Hardball', VH1, HBO

Books:

Grace (Eventually), Where the Red Fern Grows, Tennessee Williams, Moise and the World of Reason, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Langston Hughes, To Kill a Mockingbird, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, The Color Purple, The Bell Jar, Jailbird, She's Come Undone, Narcissus and Goldmund, Siddhartha, Cry to Heaven, A Separate Peace

http://www.plan59.com/

Heroes:



Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi

My Blog

"Grief" by Matthew Dickman

A great poem . . ."Grief"by Matthew DickmanWhen grief comes to you as a purple gorillayou must count yourself lucky.You must offer her what's leftof your dinner, the book you were trying to finishyou ...
Posted by Chad on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:16:00 PST

The Church of Oprah

Received from my family:       This is very scary.. We as Christians must pray! Remember to turn your volume up.  http://youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA   Dear Family, This ...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:19:00 PST

icicles

for now, let us just be icicles hanging, waiting for sun to warm and heal;  allowing us to dropwater:the truth contained within youand me;us now splashingaloud alive.    ...
Posted by Chad on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Last night, I actually paid for one of the worst haircuts I've ever had.  Yes, I am being overly dramatic, but it really IS a bad haircut.  I mean, even when I used to cut my hair myself, ch...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:34:00 PST

Soul Food Comforts

For a smalltown, Arkansan boy, unbuckled from the Bible belt, now living in the big, "sexy" New York City, there is nothing more comforting, especially on a cold, drizzling evening, than heading into ...
Posted by Chad on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:56:00 PST

Hoping for Hope

There's something that has always annoyed me. Beginning in childhood, society immediately began training me to be a winner, a fearless hero triumphing over ANY situation, "fixing" or masking my emotio...
Posted by Chad on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:36:00 PST

new friends =

Today, I finished my psychiatric appointment with his "Be well, Chad" and walked down the one creaky flight of stairs in the Upper East Side townhouse office, out into the cold, chilly breeze of 5th A...
Posted by Chad on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

Speaking at Riverside Church NYC

Yesterday, Sunday, November 18th, I was asked to speak to The Riverside Church congregation about the group Maranatha: Riversiders for LGBT Concerns of which I am Deputy Convener.  I was SOOO ner...
Posted by Chad on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:21:00 PST

Now are the days

Now are the days when I walk out of work, at a time one would consider a reasonable hour, only to find that night has fallen, blackness everywhere, well, except in those small circularly lit locations...
Posted by Chad on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:15:00 PST

Red and Yellow, Black and White . . . AND Orange!

This weekend, I will be attending an "Undoing Racism" Conference at The Riverside Church, put together for our lay leadership.  This summer, I was elected to the Mission and Social Justice Commis...
Posted by Chad on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:33:00 PST