Easter Writing Project 2013

“You are welcome here… as long as you believe like we do, pray like we do, and (scroll unfurled) understand […]

As a gay couple, we knew that we would not be accepted in many of the main line denominations, yet

We at Chalice Christian Church were a wandering people.  But after years and years of getting use to one junior

I came into this world, as we all do, on a journey of discovery. I did not know it then,

I am part of the first Open & Affirming Church in the Central Rocky Mountain Region of the Christian Church

I was born and raised in the African Methodist Episcopal  (A.M.E) Church.  Like many of us who identify as LGBT,

I had been at First Christian Church of Oakland for a couple of weeks when I went out to lunch

When I first attended a service at Community Christian Church in Tempe, AZ, I had no idea what an impact it

I pastor a church that voted five years ago to publicly identify itself as “Open & Affirming.” While, in the

No one can do honest discernment unless those who are most affected by the outcome are present at the table.

I grew up as a gay man trapped in the Southern Baptist body.  I’m Steven, and I love Christ Jesus! 

As both a pastor and a participant in at least two Open & Affirming Congregations in my life (so far),