Author name: AllianceQ

I wear many hats in my life. I am a physician, specifically a family medicine doctor specializing in nursing home […]

It happened at the end of a long meeting, one of many that I had that week, at my beloved

There he sits, in the chair that seems to be reserved for this purpose, the one in my office where

I think a lot about the concept of “voice.” Even though I’ve been among the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came

Less than a day after North Carolina voted to legally discriminate against the LGBTQ community, and before President Obama declared

I was on the mission trip when I had a conversation with a man named…well lets say Bert.  Bert ended

In the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), as in many other denominations I am sure, church camp is a formative

As a straight woman, I get mistaken for gay a lot.  When I was in the museum field, I was a

I went to seminary but I am not really sure why. I would like to offer that I felt a

My divinity school days were filled with the motto “Live the questions”.   Daily, as I worked my way through classes

I grew up in one of our denominations earliest Open & Affirming congregations, Southside Christian Church in South Bend, Indiana.