I’ve been a weepy crybaby shell of a human being today and if you aren’t in the same shape after reading the news article below then go drink some water because you’ve got a case of severe dehydration.

Need a tissue?
Told you so.
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You are known in hiddenness
a prayer by Walter Brueggeman
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God hidden from us in your myriad verbs,
…..we confess you where we do not see you;
…..…..in healings,
…..…..in emancipations,
…..…..in feedings,
…..…..in forgiveness,
…..…..in many ways of newness.
We do not see you, but we dare to name you
…..by our best names -
.…..….we name you father and mother,
…..…..we make you lord and [...]

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Bon inspired me to include this cartoon by her recent comments on this post.
A tip of the baseball cap to you girl!

This cartoon is from Bizarroartist
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I’m a podcast dweeb. In the car, on a bike, on my feet, the old iPod is playing tunes or talk.
Below are some of my favorite regulars. If you enjoy other podcasts give them out a shout out!

NPR: Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!
This call in quiz show has left me laughing out loud while driving [...]

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We bring the presence of GLBTQ people into the church.
I realize this post is technically 7 of 7 but I already had the 6 part series in my draft folder and making the required corrections would have meant revising the title and permalink on all the previous posts. I’m lazy. This is easier.
Before there was [...]

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We bring the church a unique perspective as insiders now on the margin.
The denomination I spent the first 40 years of my life in was the Foursquare Church. It use to go by the name the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel but apparently they’re going more streamlined these days. That’s Foursquare as in Jesus [...]

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We are the face of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer to the church.
I’m passionately crazy about the content of this post so be prepared for a full-fledged rant. Do not attempt to operate heavy equipment immediately after blog consumption.
I went to the local Christian Bookstore on Saturday to pick up a packet of Jesus [...]

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We Show Forth the Courage to Live Whole Lives Before God and the World.
A human being comes into the world in wholeness with everything a human life can possibly contain all muddled together in one flesh-bound package, and then something happens. Society, religion, loving authority figures, not so loving authority figures and peers show up [...]

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The images below are of the front and back of my business card (minus my phone number and address) that just arrived in the mail the other day, and here’s what I’m wondering….am I now an official card-carrying lesbian?

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Annie and Simba: Gratuitous Kitty Photo

Flickrvision grabs photos as people around the world are uploading their images to Flickr and randomly pops them up on this revolving globe. See the world and its people in your jammies.
Put your head on a Labrador and dance the night away!
I love this kind of stuff.
I wish this was [...]

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