so a few days ago i sent a happy birthday email to an old friend.  this woman and her husband were once some of my closest friends, but everything changed when i came out of the closet.  still, we talk once in a blue moon, and i sent her birthday wishes because i love her and miss her.  and apparently i said something about the election in that ( Read more... )

If youre in Tampa Bay, you might be interested in taking this course. My church (MCC Tampa) in partnership with Pacific School of Religion is offering the course, Constructive Theology and LGBT Experience. you can find a full description of the course, the professor, dates, cost, etc on this pageyou can choose to take the course for graduate ( Read more... )

Because of the lack of acknowledgement of how privilege and oppression play themselves out amongst Christians and in christian communities I made a new community:

priv_projectwhich is a place for a group of us to collate and write resources for mainstream Christians to read on how privileges and oppressions play out in Christianity and Christian communities ( Read more... )

hi i'm jennah. i'm 21 from greater boston, MA, i identify as bisexual, but i am in a straight relationship. and i'm ready to have a relationship with God.

I was baptised Catholic, but raised Unitarian Universalist. And for a long time I have been searching for a faith that encompasses my ideals of the UU faith, but still holds a belief in God and ( Read more... )

The following is copied from my congregation's weekly newsletter authored by Rev. Phyllis Hunt. She talks about the recent shooting at a UUC in Tennesee, and I wanted to share it here.

( A Call To Prayer )

Just a brief introduction...new to this community, and pleased to be here. I'm a pastor and am the blessed partner of a wonderful man for almost 13 years...look forward to hearing what's on your minds and hearts these days as we valiantly try to live as we're meant to live, while trying our darnedest to honor our own call to be grace-filled and ( Read more... )

Please read the following LJ entry by my friend blaueteufelin:

There are a few things - as some of you know - that really, truly upset me about certain Christian subcultures in this country (subcultures which can be found in all Christian traditions). Fairly high up on that list, perhaps number one on the list, is the maddening tendency of some American ( Read more... )

Hello! I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to this community and to LJ. Over the past three or four years I have been trying to get in touch with myself and become a better Christian. I won't preted it has been easy, and I am still struggling to get closer to God ( Read more... )

my partner and i (we live in buenos aires, argentina) are signed up to go to a national lesbian/bisexua women's conference in a few months. we weren't really sure what to expect, but thought it would be an interesting experience to say the least ;). there are workshops about a ton of subjects...when we registered online, we suggested that they ( Read more... )

I am a third generation member of a large metropolitan United Methodist church. I am a thinker and questioner more than a believer. I truly appreciate my church community for encouraging members be themselves, rather than follow blindly. I have been through a lot in the past few years - loss of a parent, sibling and step-parent, struggles with ( Read more... )