Today is surgery day and chances are as you read this I’m in the middle of a 8-9 hour nip and tuck marathon. If you have an extra minute between praying for world peace and a parking spot, I’d appreciate a prayer or two with my name attached. It’s not that I have any fear [...]

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There’s less than an hour remaining before Sunday is over, the Sunday we gathered online to take communion together, and I can’t end this day without saying how extraordinary it was and how good God has been to me and to us. I went to church this morning and ran a few errands in the [...]

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A word of explanation before we begin: The following post has been provided so that you can join with others around the world in an online communion scheduled anytime on Sunday, September 20, 2009. All you need to participate is a bit of bread, a cup of juice or wine, and a desire to come [...]

Posted in Grace Meditations, Online Community Events 34 Comments »

I need some bright ideas for SisterFriends content so here’s the deal. I want you, and yes, I’m looking right at you so don’t pretend you don’t see me, to come up with some ideas for topics we can tackle together. What questions do you have about being GLBTQ and/or Christian? What issues within our [...]

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Or for those who couldn’t guess, and why would you, that stands for  “Setting the Stage for Sunday’s Community Communion.” Our community communion that will be posted on Sunday will depend primarily on audio and video. If you’re able to view Youtube video clips then you’re good to go. If you’re unable to view video [...]

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I’m taking this opportunity to talk about me because at this moment others are talking about me. My blog buddy, John Shore wrote a story about me, or more specifically, John wrote about my cookies (that’s to be taken literally and not euphemistically) in a blog post entitled Nothing Says Love Like a Lesbian Christian [...]

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My upcoming surgery is scheduled for a week from today and before I begin my two week hiatus to tend to my recovery I’d like to fulfill an ongoing dream of mine here on the blog. I’d like us to take communion together. Really. Whatever corner of this world we inhabit, I want to provide [...]

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I am a phenomenal dancer. I feel the music and shake it up like nobody’s business. When I’m home and the curtains are drawn, the lights are off, and the music is cranked up, I get my groove on. In my imagination. In the real world, I’m a pathetic dancer. So pathetic if you saw [...]

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In a little more than a week I’m going into the hospital for one final surgery. This means that beginning on Tuesday, September 22 I’ll be taking a break from blogging for two weeks during the initial phase of post-surgical recovery. If you’d like to follow updates on my progress and other random nuggets of [...]

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Sam recently added the following comment on my post, “Change or Be Celibate” and rather than taking a chance of it slipping under the radar on the back side of the blog I’m adding it as a new post so it doesn’t get missed for those who share similar concerns and questions as the ones [...]

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