My apologies, yet again, for the two week drought between posts caused by a major time commitment to family along with my highly developed artistry at procrastination. That’s how I think we should begin 2010; by letting go of investing all our time, energy, and attention toward reconciling our sexuality or opposing the churches condemnation [...]

Posted in Love and Grace 13 Comments »

Today while reading through some old emails I’ve saved from the past few months I got to thinking, maybe I’ve been going about this all wrong, or at least from the wrong angle. Below all the questions people ask about the Bible and homosexuality and the struggle to reconcile being gay and Christian is something [...]

Posted in Theology 17 Comments »

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 [...]

Posted in Devotionals, Holidays and Special Times 15 Comments »

This week I unveiled my personal blog,  The Passionate Plate: Savoring Life in Small Bites, which focuses on three areas of interest to me: Food and Health (Savoring), Spirituality and Faith (Saviouring), and Our Adventures at Home and on the Road (Savouring). I hope you stop by sometime. Oh, who am I kidding?! I want [...]

Posted in Anita, Blog Basics and Info, Love and Grace, SisterFriends 11 Comments »

My apologies for not blogging yesterday as promised but I’m still at the stage of recovery where I spend more hours each day in jammies than jeans and where naps tend to determine the course of the day rather than any plans I might make. Anyway, here’s something I’ve been wanting to share with you [...]

Posted in Grace Meditations, Love and Grace 1 Comment »

A word of explanation before we begin: The following post has been provided so that you can join with others around the world in an online communion scheduled anytime on Sunday, September 20, 2009. All you need to participate is a bit of bread, a cup of juice or wine, and a desire to come [...]

Posted in Grace Meditations, Online Community Events 34 Comments »

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 [...]

Posted in Devotionals, SisterFriends 18 Comments »

During the week following surgery I had done little more than sleep on the couch, sleep on the recliner,  sleep on the bed and gulp down pain medication (hence all the aforementioned napping), so when D left one morning to run errands I thought enough was enough; it was about time I get up and [...]

Posted in Grace Meditations, Storytelling 8 Comments »

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 [...]

Posted in Christian Living and Faith, Devotionals, SisterFriends 6 Comments »

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, [...]

Posted in Devotionals, Human Sexuality 7 Comments »