“What’s the difference between Lutheran guilt and Catholic guilt?” I asked.
“Catholics can do whatever they want and then they go to confession and unload it all on the priest,” said Edith. “We have to hold it all inside.”
– Gina Ogden
“Philip” is a single young man attending seminary and serving in lay ministry at a Lutheran parish in the Northeast United States. The product of a traditional religious upbringing, he struggles to reconcile his sexual behavior with his beliefs. He maintains his anonymity in order to preserve his ministry in the church.
Lutheran Guilt 