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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It was 10:32 a.m. when the plane wheels hit the tarmac. Within seconds my iPhone was cued up and the news on the California Supreme Court’s decision on Prop 8 read just as I had suspected it would, “Court rules to uphold Prop 8; 18000 existing marriages to stand.” Though it was expected it was [...]

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My beloved and I have spent the last five days in St. Louis where we came to attend the wedding of two SisterFriends, Stephanie and Michelle. The wedding was beautiful and moving as any wedding is when the couple are wildly in love with one another and the day was made all the more special [...]

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Today marks the one year anniversary of when marriage equality came to California and a year later D and I and tens of thousands of other GLBTQ Californians and those who stand with us in justice are waking up every morning wondering if this will be the week when the decision of the California Supreme [...]

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This post was written under the influence of too much caffeine and too little sleep. Bumpy ride ahead. It began within 2.3 seconds of coming out to my friends and family. From that very second through these past twelve years I’ve been accountable for every word and action of every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered [...]

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Dear SisterFriends, For those of you living in the Northern California area, I wanted to let you know about an upcoming event that will be taking place at the congregation where D and I worship on the Friday immediately following the California Supreme Court’s decision concerning Prop 8. Please plan to join us on Friday, [...]

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I wish you all could have been at Peace Lutheran with D and I this last Sunday. It wasn’t the first time I ever thought that but this Sunday was special and here’s a little background as to why. If the California Supreme Court ultimately decides to overturn Prop 8 (doubtful) and the 18,000 existing [...]

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I haven’t blogged since Easter Sunday as I’ve been in a perpetual state of napping for the past three days after all the Holy Week hoopla. It took Jesus three days to rise from the dead. It’s taken me three days longer to get off the couch. There’s a sad little commentary. So for those [...]

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The Supreme Court of California will be hearing opening arguments later today (Thursday) that both support and oppose November’s passage of Prop 8 in which 51% of California voters voted to enter the phrase “marriage is between one man and one woman” into the California Constitution.  The Court has two decisions before them. They will [...]

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