I can’t help but notice the similarity of the tone and demeanor of the speakers at last week’s National Republican convention to opponents of full inclusion and welcoming of LGBT people in the mainstream Christian…
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back from welcoming church training
I am back home after a long, demanding but beneficial weekend training in Columbus. Sunday morning started out with worship at Lord of Life in Worthington. What a wonderful experience that was! This church has…
telling a good story
This is my last day in Columbus in my welcoming church training. It has been an intensive weekend but also rewarding. Yesterday was quite interesting. We did a lot of work on story telling. Story…
more on faith based community organizing
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…
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…
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…
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…
Does a welcoming church = decline in church membership?
A common theme in Word Alone and other anti-inclusivity blogs, web sites, sermons and documents is that by making a denomination more inclusive and welcoming to LGBT people, the denomination experiences a decline in membership….