On Sep 18, 2009 ⋅ No comments
9/18 Joy is thanksgiving for God’s grace. Sadness is wanting something and suspecting I can’t have it; grief is knowing I can’t. Anger is the feeling that something is wrong and wanting it to be made right. Guilt is feeling I have done something wrong and being unsure if I can make it right. Shame […]
On Sep 11, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments
9/11 The comment was made at the More Light Presbyterians National Conference this weekend, “Some worry in my congregation that becoming a More Light church will mean we will become a gay church.” Michael Adee, executive director of More Light, responded, “You should be so lucky!” But it is unlikely, honestly, because of the hurt […]
On Sep 4, 2009 ⋅ No comments
9/4 In the summer of 1974 at the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church (the predecessor of the PCUSA), Rev. David Sindt stood at the back of the hall, lifting a large sign for all to see that asked, “Is anyone else out there gay?” The people who responded to him began Presbyterians for […]
On Aug 28, 2009 ⋅ No comments
8/28 Last weekend was a good one for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Christians. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to allow GLBT pastors to serve with the same requirement as all other pastors: celibacy or a committed monogamous relationship. And on Saturday, in my Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), another pastor was acquitted of […]
On Aug 21, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments
8/21 The fourth Netroots Nation Conference is now written in the Book of Life. It was a wonderfully thought-provoking experience for me, and being a speaker was an honor for which I am deeply grateful. (You can see for yourself how lively the discussion was about the separation of church and state and progressives’ use […]
On Aug 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment
8/14 When President Jimmy Carter announced recently that he was parting ways with the Southern Baptist Church, he argued not only with the Southern Baptist Convention’s unjust treatment of women, but just as importantly with their “quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses” to justify their actions. As President Carter wrote in his statement: The […]
On Aug 7, 2009 ⋅ No comments
8/7 Jimmy Carter’s prophetic act of ending sixty years of faithful leadership in the Southern Baptist Church because of the public renewal of their prohibition against women in ministry has reminded us that injustice against women continues to plague human society, including American culture. As he explains in his statement, President Carter is taking his […]
On Aug 6, 2009 ⋅ 7 comments
Dear Friends, I so hope this finds you well on a lovely summer day! You know I have been a blogger just since March and now have an opportunity veterans gasp over: I am to be a speaker on a panel at Netroots Nation, the annual mecca for progressive bloggers, which is being held in […]
On Jul 31, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments
7/31 In my thousand word essay for the PCUSA Special Committee on Civil Union and Christian Marriage I wrote, “Thousands of GLBT Presbyterians have proven by their exemplary lives as faithful Christians that committed same-sex couples do display all the characteristics that church and society recognize as marriage: lifelong commitment upon which a family can […]
On Jul 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments
7/24 I was utterly blessed this past weekend by the privilege of living and worshipping with about twenty gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (and yes, every single one of these widely different possibilities were present) Presbyterians called to ministry. All are heading to, currently studying in, or have graduated from theological seminary. All are at […]
