Last Friday morning my beloved and I went to the deYoung Museum in San Francisco to view an exhibition on Post-Impressionism. Before you become impressed by my interest in any kind of impressionism you need to know that my wife is the cultured one in our household and I only went along because that’s what [...]

Posted in Faith, Grace Meditations, Storytelling 11 Comments »

When I saw these words recently on a Christmas platter, words that were meant to encourage believing in the magic of Christmas and to eliciting that warm generous feeling of goodwill to all people, at least until the day after Christmas,  I changed the script in my head to read, “There comes a moment, at [...]

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Memo to Self: Skip the witty lead-in. Pass on the relevant but lengthy personal anecdote. Don’t bother with an introduction that ends up longer than the actual post. For once would you just get to the point. These people have other things to do, you know. Memo back to Self: I know I know I [...]

Posted in Engaging Conversation, Faith 22 Comments »

Because our faith as Christians is such a personal thing for each of us, (we don’t call it a personal relationship with God through Christ without reason!) I tend to stay away from grinding through Christian doctrines and specific theological concepts on this blog unless they directly impact the spiritual reconciliation of GLBTQ people. This [...]

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Once again you people crack me up! The more inane my posts, the more comments you leave and the other day’s post on Super Bowl Sunday was another fine example. Just another reason why I love you. “I really do by the way,” she said with all sincerity. We just had a warm fuzzy moment [...]

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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 »

So this is what I promise you. I won’t talk about Prop 8 forever, but right now Prop 8 is just about all that’s on my mind. The truth is, I’m surprised by how much it’s weighing on me as a lesbian, as a Christian, as a Californian, and as a woman who’s madly in [...]

Posted in Faith, Love and Grace, Marriage, News and Events 9 Comments »

Long before Ray Boltz there was Marsha Stevens. Many of you know the story. Marsha played a significant role in the early days of contemporary Christian music. She was a member of the Christian group Children of the Day and wrote the song, For Those Tears I Died. As the story goes, after coming out [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Faith, News and Events 13 Comments »

You should never have gone into ministry. You should never have worked with children. What you’re doing right now makes all that you’ve taught those children over the years meaningless. This will completely destroy everything you’ve ever done in ministry. I remember thinking at the time, some 12 years ago, “She’s so upset she doesn’t [...]

Posted in Faith, Love and Grace, Storytelling 24 Comments »

Several weeks ago over at *! [ emphatic emphasis], Shush posted on Sighted Faith, an entry I so connected with that as I read each line I found my head involuntarily nodding in agreement like a plastic dachshund bobble head in the rear window of a 1980 Chrysler Cordoba. For me as well, faith is [...]

Posted in Christian Lesbian Identity, Coming Out, Faith, Storytelling 13 Comments »