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…
Posts tagged faith
on being gay is a gift of God
Recently Oprah hosted a series of shows, her Soul Series. One of the more interesting was Spirituality 101. Rev. Ed Bacon, an Episcopal priest from Pasadena, California was the guest. It was an amazing interview….
win emboldens coalition of religious groups
Here is an interesting Associated Press article that was posted on Google tonight. My last post centred on the importance of working within the church to affect positive change for GLBT people. This article is…
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…