Easter Writing Project 2012

Ok. I grew up where gay was something to be ridiculed and homo was the worst kind of insult. I’ve

It seemed to me like time froze when I was signing the college honor code. A torrent of questions flooded

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,