2010 Pedal to the Point
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Pedal to the Point 2010
This past weekend I cycled in the MS Pedal to the Point charity bike ride from Cleveland to Sandusky. I rode 75 miles on Saturday and 75 on the Sunday return. My partner Brett cycled…
an open to letter to friends and family on same sex marriage
Same sex marriage has been in the news quite a bit this summer. Most recently, a federal judge in California ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional. This was the ballot initiative that banned same sex marriage by…
Holding Families Together
Here’s a pretty good 4 part video released on YouTube by PFLAG about GLBT teens rejected by their families and PFLAG’s role in the reconciliation process. From the video’s post…Holding Families Together looks at social…
why we must work for justice
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”— Martin Luther King in a Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
the true meaning of christmas
Earlier this week I experienced what the true meaning of Christmas really is. I was on a committee for our department’s annual holiday charity giving. We had selected a local special needs agency. They provide…
no hair cuts
This past Sunday was the National Equality March in Washington D.C. It was a march for GLBT equality in all matters of civil law including same sex marriage. Locally, four of our friends marched. Dante,…
adoption of the report and recommendation on ministry policies
As I stated in my post earlier in the week, I am sharing my personal thoughts on the actions of the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly related to sexuality. I was a voting member at the…