Easter Writing Project 2012

I have a confession to make: while I have long seen myself as a good, progressive activist, I’ve not been

Since the time of written language, what one wrote and said has mattered. What one writes and says still matters.

I have been asked to provide a brief historical perspective on the issue of human sexuality in the context of

When I was growing up on the high plains of Texas, my family attended a large Disciples congregation. The sanctuary

I have had a long engagement with LGBTQ issues in the church, most recently as an Elder at Douglass Boulevard

1 John 4:15-18 15God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in

I don’t know about you, but I procrastinate and leave those important conversations to “mañana”.  Because of this, I never

I was a freshman in college when I first saw my beloved Disciples denomination through the eyes of an outsider:

I have often cringed when in a chapel service at school or a church service on a Sunday. I cringe

I was in seminary and had just come out 1990 when the Central Rocky Mountain Region(DOC), at its regional assembly,

“Before the coming of faith we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was

The church I grew up in taught me that I was damned to hell. Then it showed me the way