Posts by pwsbuilder
Cuando nuestros santuarios son desacrados
Read In English ~ Lee en ingles Hace unos años atrás me encontraba en Seattle, sirviendo una congregación que reflejaba mucho la realidad de la ciudad: blanca, clase media, extremadamente progresista en su pensamiento pero con una falta de entendimiento de las realidades de las personas de minoría étnica. Mientras estaba allí era evidente que…
Read MoreMy Christian Calling To Surrogacy
After the birth of my daughter in 2013 at midnight one night while I was up feeding her, I felt God. It was the strangest experience I have ever had. Many times in my life I have said in prayer “Please God, hit me over the head with the answer because I can’t take hints.”…
Read MoreI Am A Beloved Daughter Of God
In college I started a blog. The website was orange text on different-orange background that hurt the eyes to read. The top was emblazoned the title “HYPOCRITE,” and below the title was a quote from the book of Matthew. It was the scene of Judas betraying Jesus, but I’d cut the context and just left…
Read MoreUnited Methodist Church’s Inhospitality Toward Its LGBTQ Members
The United Methodist Church is in the need of prayer. And, one that emphasizes full inclusion of all its parishioners. Just before General Conference last month in Portland, the struggle to move the denomination’s moral compass against its anti-LGBTQ policies was courageously demonstrated when over 100 United Methodist Church (UMC) ministers and faith leaders came…
Read MoreFinding Wholeness In Community
As a parent of two young children, I make many trips to the public library and I read many children’s books. I can be a bit of a children’s book snob, picking what appears to be a high-brow picture book based on the inclusion of a Caldecott or Newbury award sticker, or by literally judging…
Read MoreHow An Amended Apology Overture Could Pave A Charitable Way Forward
I am pretty certain that many American LGBTQ Christians envy the position of their Presbyterian cousins. Over the past several years the papers covered our progress: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) opening ordination to LGBTQ people in 2011 and adopting a definition of marriage to include same-sex couples in 2015. I expect many Catholic, Methodist and…
Read MoreA Path Forward For LGBT United Methodists
There was no headline proclaiming, “Methodist Church OKs Marriage Equality” or “Methodists Finally Embrace LGBTQ People.” Your newsfeed wasn’t lighting up with “Methodists Go Gay!” or, frankly, anything that looked like victory for LGBTQ people in the third-largest Christian denomination in the United States. Instead, after two weeks of the United Methodist Church’s recently wrapped…
Read MoreA Letter To Mi Querida Iglesia
Para mi querida Iglesia, For a long time I have struggled with my relationship with you—at times proud of my Catholic faith, at times ashamed and hurt by my Catholic faith, at times a combination of all of this and much more. My journey of faith has been incredible and filled with experiences that I…
Read MoreHow I Navigated My Coming Out Process
For those of us who are LGBTQ, we have almost certainly experienced some form of isolation, rejection, or tepid acceptance. This reality is simply a part of our story; but what I have come to learn in the past 18 months is that we all have beautiful, heart-breaking stories of truth. My story is really…
Read MoreThe Truth About Homophobia In The Black Community
The general public may have been surprised by the results of a survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which found that African Americans overwhelmingly support policies that promote greater equality for LGBT people. In fact, more than any other racial group, African Americans believe that businesses and the government should not be…
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