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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Oh, did I happen to mention that next week begins the annual week-long cavalcade of ridiculously awesome Christmas games and prizes? I didn’t? Oh. Nevermind. . Just remember, if you follow this blog via email it can take anywhere from an hour to a day for the email to be sent through the system and [...]

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Humor me for a minute. I had a random thought the other day. Okay. Most of my thoughts tend to be random, obscure, and border on a need for therapeutic analysis but this was a fun one to play with for a while and so I’m tossing it out into the universe to ponder collectively. [...]

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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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I was involved in children’s ministry for 15 years in a church of over 6000 people. With three morning services the sanctuary was always packed and so were the Sunday School classrooms. No matter how many snacks I loaded up in my SUV or how many crafts supplies I snipped and stapled late into the [...]

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