Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and [...]

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Tuesday morning I was glued to my iPad for two hours following the live feed from WWDC10, Apple’s World Wide Developer’s Conference. That’s right. I just came out of the closet. I’m a Christian Lesbian Gadget Geek. I embrace my whole self and make no apologies for it. The WWDC is the annual conference (i.e. [...]

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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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My upcoming surgery is scheduled for a week from today and before I begin my two week hiatus to tend to my recovery I’d like to fulfill an ongoing dream of mine here on the blog. I’d like us to take communion together. Really. Whatever corner of this world we inhabit, I want to provide [...]

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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 [...]

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As I move toward tomorrow’s surgery my thoughts have understandably turned now and again to thoughts about my body and in a broader sense that we humans are flesh, blood, bone, sinew, fat, muscle and organs. And we are spirit. In Christian theology that traces back to the Apostle Paul that traces back to Aristotle, [...]

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While Jesus was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, is it with a kiss that you are betraying the Son of Man?’ When those who were around him saw what was [...]

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It’s 3:25 a.m. on Easter morning and I’m wide awake. This time it wasn’t a cat strolling over my face or tapping Morse Code on my bladder that roused me from sleep but thoughts of the approaching day. Easter morning. Church. There’s so much to do. I need to finish setting up the tables and [...]

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I returned just over an hour ago from church where D and I joined a small gathering of folks for the Easter Vigil worship; a quiet hour of readings, meditation, music and communion. There were candles and soft music and the nutty sweet fragrance of the bread filled the sanctuary and the chalice wine, for [...]

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Yesterday the cross. Tomorrow the empty grave. Today, nothing but silence, nothing but stillness. Yet in the silence and in the stillness, something unseen and unheard is happening. That’s how it was then. That’s how it is now. Wait. Trust. Listen. Watch. Shhhhhhhh…. May God’s silence be a blessing so our wandering thoughts can rest. [...]

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