As a woman Moderator of a very Twenty-first Century church, Metropolitan Community Churches, I felt enormous compassion and solidarity with Presiding Bishop (Primate) Kathleen Jefferts Schori as she recently traveled to Tanzania in her historic role as the first and only woman to serve as
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. (Psalm 118:8) This people draw nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain do worship me, teaching
What do a defrocked Methodist minister, a furniture maker and a former, self-described, homophobic, right-wing bigot have in common? A commitment to ending religious-based discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Their weapon of choice? Advertising. “These ads are intended to start something –
Many of you have been writing to me, in the aftermath of General Convention, to ask what I am thinking, now that the Convention has called upon the Church to deny consent to the consecration of partnered people as bishops. Frankly, like all of you,
One of the publications I receive is the “United Church News: Northern California Nevada Edition.” This is a publication of the United Church of Christ. In the most recent edition (June/July 2006), the major article is entitled, “Amplifying The Mainline: How The Mainline Church Is
For me, any questions about whether the Church should welcome Gay people is a question that doesn’t need to be raised. Of course the answer is a resounding YES. But why anyone who is gay may ever wish to go into a church is much
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christians and seekers, I want to ask you all a very important question. Are we worth it? Do you believe that we are worth as much as hetero Christians? I know I’m being blunt, but we have no time to
What I see happening in our future faith of the GLBT community of faith is finding our future by looking to the past. We need to know our faith roots to move to the present. I know that sounds heart-wrenching for some of us, me
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) Since I found a church home, at long last, a little over a year ago, God has been doing a work of spiritual healing in me. It has been good for
The “moment of truth” is fast approaching for the ECUSA (the Episcopal Church in the USA), and this summer Columbus, Ohio, will have an opportunity to become as theologically significant as Nicaea or Chalcedon for American Anglicanism. One of the most bitter and divisive controversies