As I write this I’m physically in pain from the elective surgery I had a few days ago. The stitches across my back and under my belly are aching. My shoulders are throbbing from all the pain shots. The liposuction locations on my legs are bruised and my feet so swollen D has taken to [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Devotionals, SisterFriends 6 Comments »

Today’s post is part of a larger initiative of more than 50 bloggers, all sharing their thoughts on how to “bride the gap” between people on the topic of faith and sexuality.  You can find the links of other bloggers participating in this undertaking at Bridging the Gap, an outreach of New Directions Ministries of [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Christian Unity, Perspectives 23 Comments »

As GLBTQ Christians we know what it is to be at the receiving end of rejection, hate, and prejudice. We’ve be vilified and stereotyped. We’ve been the brunt of jokes. We’ve had to repeatedly defend the quality of our love, the validity of our relationships and the integrity of our character. Our commitment to Christ [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Christian Unity, Love and Grace 12 Comments »

The photo to the right (unless you receive my posts in email then who knows where the image is dropped!) shows all the solid food I consume in one week. Seriously. That’s it.
For the few of you who follow my rather sporadic blog, Fasting for a Change, you know that for the past ten weeks [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, SnapShot Reflections 4 Comments »

Here I am, sitting at the best table in the house at my preferred “Mommy and Me Free” Starbucks with K.D. Lang crooning “Pullin’ Back the Reins” in that sultry voice of hers while I blog away with an iced espresso within reach. The moment is so right and good I’m having heart palpitations. If [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Faith 20 Comments »

I’m hoping I have one more chance before the end of the day to to post a more New Year’s Evey post but this one has been in the hopper so long it’s either post or delete so I’m going with post it.
Since President-Elect Obama selected Warren to give the invocation prayer at the Inauguration, [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, News and Events 4 Comments »

Every time a straight Christian blogger publishes a compassionate or affirming post on homosexuality their comment section goes whack with activity. Just ask Lindsey at [*!] Emphatic Asterisk, John at Suddenly Christian, Christian at Sharp Iron, or Adam at Pomomusings.
A recent example can be found over at Pomomusings where Adam Cleveland Walker posted this week [...]

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On this, Write to Marry Day, I asked Rev. Steve Harms, the pastor of Peace Lutheran Church, the congregation in spiritual partnership with SisterFriends Together, to offer some thoughts on marriage equality. Following Steve’s comments are several videos from other clergy speaking in opposition to Prop 8. They are all worth a listen.
The “Yes on [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Marriage, News and Events 4 Comments »

The other morning I stopped by our storage unit, filled up my car with Children’s Ministry materials and drove into Oakland where I donated it all to a neighborhood church. Most of the boxes were filled with teaching resources I’d accumulated in church work prior to coming out as a lesbian. Books with game, craft, [...]

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While visiting the Pacific Northwest this past weekend I attended a conservative, evangelical Christian church on Sunday morning. Not just any conservative, evangelical Christian church but the one I attended for the first 20 plus years of my life. It was my home church from my prenatal existence until the day I headed south to [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Theology 33 Comments »