Yesterday was day 2 of my welcoming church program training. It is education of faith-based community organizing. This was formerly the Lutherans Concerned RIC core team training. LC has offered to expand this training to…
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welcoming church training
I am in Columbus for weekend training on developing a welcoming church program. The training is specifically about how to approach churches on the issue of welcoming LGBT people into their congregations and making their…
our day of pride
Saturday we spent most of the day in Cleveland at Cleveland Pride on Northcoast Harbor beside the Rock ands Roll Hall of Fame. We were taking our pal Phil out to dinner for his birthday….
Habitat for Humanity
Today I worked on a Habitat for Humanity house with my coworkers. Habitat is a corporate focus of my employer. We had the day off to work on the house. The company provided t-shirts and…
Mixed view of the Church
I struggle to find a single word that can describe my weekend at the Northeastern Ohio Synod Assembly. I can’t say that it was brutal or that it was affirming. It somehow lies between the…
Ellen engaged
Today Ellen publicly announced that she intends to wed since same sex marriages will be legal in California. She gets a lot of flack since she has pretty much cleansed her show of any LGBT…
Getting set for Synod Assembly
Early tomorrow morning I am off for a day at the Knight Center in downtown Akron for the Northeastern Ohio Synod ELCA assembly. I am coordinating the Lutherans Concerned and the Synod Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…
Same-sex couples win the right to marry in California!
Today, California’s highest court ruled that denying same-sex couples the right to marry is unconstitutional, granting loving, committed gay and lesbian couples the dignity and support their relationships have so long been denied. Read the…