All in all this wasn’t the best of years for GLBTQ and justice-minded folks. There was Rick Warren at the Presidential Inauguration in January, this summer’s hubbub around Carrie Prejean’s statement concerning same-sex marriage at the Miss USA Pageant,  the horrific consideration of a Kill the Gays Bill in Uganda in recent weeks, and the [...]

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In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you. But [...]

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Okay, so confess. Did some of you think to use a spell-check program to find the typos or are you really that speedy and observant? However you did it color me impressed! As you can tell in looking at the comments, Salt was the first to turn the right answer around and so congrats to [...]

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And the final day and once again, the prize, may I say, rocks! But first, let’s put our hands together and give a hearty dose of applause magic to Susan, yesterday’s lucky draw contest winner. Susan, I can see it now. You at Starbucks with your venti mocha extra-hot half-caf/decaf latte in one hand and [...]

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And the winner of 100 temporary tattoos and 50 Target buckarooni’s is commenter number 17, Lisa! Lisa, your timing was perfection so congratulations dear girl! Now get your mailing address off to me at anita@sisterfriends-together.org so you can begin the new year bedecked in some significantly cool tats. Today’s Contest: It’s the Saturday before Christmas [...]

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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! Winner found yesterday’s hidden Christmas image (Click on the WordPress logo located at the bottom right hand corner of the site) in record time and as a result will be sporting a snappy pair of Bug-Eye Glasses and jewelry from Beads for Life this Christmas. And Winner, you might want to [...]

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And the individual who correctly guessed what Christmas song has been stuck in my head for days is…no one! That’s right, losers each and every one of you. And while I’m more than a little relieved no one was able to crawl inside my head and know what was bouncing around in there, I’m sorry [...]

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You people are amazing! I originally thought determining the winner would be easy but as it turned out it took me more than an hour (on my birthday mind you!) to go through everyone’s lists side by side and cross out items one by one; a task further complicated in that some of you listed [...]

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The winner of yesterday’s Christmas Ornament Guessing Contest is e2c who nailed the answer on the head at 55 Christmas ornaments. Congratulations Girlfriend! Now send your mailing address to anita@sisterfriends-together.org and we all hope you enjoy many years ahead in your pursuit of “world domination” with your aquatic army of sea monkeys. Today’s Game: Name [...]

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Today begins one week of Christmas games with silly prizes. That’s right. One whole week. Seven days. I know this may seem a frivolous thing to do on a blog meant to provide spiritual support and encouragement for Queer Christians but there really is a purpose to it. This time of the year can be [...]

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