Entries Categorized as 'Affirming Voices From Inside the Church'

There’s Reason to Hope

Date August 21, 2009

ELCA NEWS SERVICE August 21, 2009 ELCA Assembly Opens Ministry to Partnered Gay and Lesbian Lutherans, Urges MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) – The 2009 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted today to open the ministry of the church to gay and lesbian pastors and other professional workers living in committed relationships. The action [...]

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The Potential Sin of Homosexuality and Heterosexuality
It’s a Draw

Date May 19, 2009

I was reminded of a favorite quotation by Frederick Buechner this weekend related to calling, the quote being “The place God calls you to is the place where your deepest gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” I adore that quote and in a future post I’ll come back to it but not today. Instead, [...]

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