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Judicial Council Ruling
This ruling also does not change our work of resistance and seeking justice. We will continue to stand up and resist the exclusive, punitive, and mean spirited thinking and theology these pieces of legislation are rooted in.
Happy Easter
if standing up to love our neighbor by seeking justice and inclusion in our church and world is making trouble then so be it.
2019 Lenten Devotional - Week 5
Jesus wept…Jesus continues to weep today - over the treatment of LGBTQIA+ persons in our denomination, the caging of asylum seekers under a bridge, the threat of climate change, and racism ingrained in our institutions.
From Selma to Stonewall Report
NY MFSA presents movie “From Selma to Stonewall” and follow-up panel discussion
2019 Lenten Devotional - Week 4
We don't know what the future holds for the church. The one thing I am sure of is that the decision that came out of the session calls us to walk into a wilderness.
2019 Lenten Devotional - Week 3
God reminds me this business of finding “rest” is not an individual or solitary matter. There is no rest, no salvation, for any of us until there is justice for us all.
2019 Lenten Devotional - Week 2
Religion has caused so much pain and turmoil in our world. Religion has caused wars, riots, killing of innocent people. Religion! Not God.
MFSA Stands in Solidarity with LGBTQIA Palestinians
No to Eurovision Pinkwashing. More Than 60 LGBTQ+ Groups Call for Boycott of Song Contest in Israel.
General Conference Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
I'm deeply awed and renewed in the struggle to make the Church a place where all are welcome and included, and no one is lonely or isolated.
2018 Advent Devotional 4
While waiting to see justice, hope has been seen in challenging experiences.
2018 Advent Devotional 3
Holy Spirit fire burns away the dross of injustice, inequality, division and isolation in favor of another way, another truth and another life.
2018 Advent Devotional 2
Every color of person is created in the image of God and loved by God. Our diversity should be celebrated not profiled.
2018 Advent Devotional 1
“We must do theology, with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other."
Is not this the fast that I choose?
God, help me see myself and others as you see, then help me be who you see.
Is not this the fast that I choose?
Holy God, creator of all that is, help us to open our eyes to your God-light. Help us to find the places you call us to help put the world right again.
Festival of Lights
“In the years to come I will learn how necessary it is to keep dancing, how celebration is not a luxury but a staple of life, how in the grimmest moments I will need to take myself down to the closest festival at hand.”