I spent my lunch hour today browsing web sites and blogs for news and responses to the release of the First Draft of the ELCA Sexuality Social Statement. What is most amusing is how different…
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ELCA First Draft of Social Statement on Sexuality
Today the ELCA released the highly anticipated first draft of the Church’s sexuality social statement. For those unfamiliar of what that means and is: the ELCA builds some church policies and practices based on social…
A Faithful Gay Clergy
Saturday morning our synod GLBT task force presented a ½ day study day on gay clergy in the ELCA. It turned our very well. Our guest speaker was a Pastor from New Jersey who is…
Biblical Purist or Biblical Terrorist?
Yesterday I listened to one of the most intriguing interviews on a podcast. Feast of Fools had an interview with Shirley Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. If the name seems somewhat…
In the Flesh: Faithful Gay Clergy
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the GLBT Task Force of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA is presenting a half day seminar in February. It will be held on Saturday February 23…
Senator Larry Craig busted on podcast
Each week I download group of pod casts that I listen to on my drive to and from work. It’s an interesting mix of NPR, bear, gay and comedy pod casts. I love the spontaneity…
Churchwide – Friday A.M.
Discussion resumed late this morning on the sexuality memorial concerning rostering gay and lesbian people. The debate is whether is forward the memorial to the Sexuality Social Statement Task Force or deal with it at…
Churchwide – Thursday
The Memorials Committee brought the sexuality memorials to the floor for consideration Thursday afternoon. As you can imagine, there was a flurry of motions, amendments and discussions. The first memorial to come to the floor…