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Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Ross Murray of GLAAD

By pwsbuilder / June 22, 2020 / Comments Off on Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Ross Murray of GLAAD

Pride Month this year is unlike any other. With so much change in the world around us, one thing remains the same: the significance of Pride to LGBT people, their friends and families. To help share and spread Pride this month, we’re conducting a series of Pride Conversations. These brief Q&As are designed to help…

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Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Rev. Stan J. Sloan of Family Equality

By pwsbuilder / June 16, 2020 / Comments Off on Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Rev. Stan J. Sloan of Family Equality

Pride Month this year is unlike any other. With so much change in the world around us, one thing remains the same: the significance of Pride to LGBT people, their friends and families. To help share and spread Pride this month, we’re conducting a series of Pride Conversations. These brief Q&As are designed to help…

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Historic Title VII Supreme Court Decision Upholds Workplace Protections for LGBT People

By pwsbuilder / June 15, 2020 / Comments Off on Historic Title VII Supreme Court Decision Upholds Workplace Protections for LGBT People

On the morning of Monday, June 15, 2020, with a decisive 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled definitively that workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is an unlawful violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “An employer who fires an individual merely…

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Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Justin Fyala of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington

By pwsbuilder / June 11, 2020 / Comments Off on Pride Conversations: A Q&A with Justin Fyala of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington

Pride Month this year is unlike any other. With so much change in the world around us, one thing remains the same: the significance of Pride to LGBT people, their friends and families. To help share and spread Pride this month, we’re conducting a series of Pride Conversations on this blog. These brief Q&As are…

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Trinity Sunday: When Death Becomes Life

By pwsbuilder / June 5, 2020 / Comments Off on Trinity Sunday: When Death Becomes Life

So, what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the empire where sin is dominant, how can we continue to make a home there? Did someone forget to tell you we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in…

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Ascension Day: A Testimony of Jesus’ Trust

By pwsbuilder / May 20, 2020 / Comments Off on Ascension Day: A Testimony of Jesus’ Trust

We don’t often think about Ascension Day as one of the important Christian holidays; however, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just as  Christmas and Easter remind us of the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of Emmanuel, Ascension Day solidifies the fact that God is with us. Through the ascension of Christ,…

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Expressing Gratitude

By pwsbuilder / April 27, 2020 / Comments Off on Expressing Gratitude

At this moment, I think we all feel a bit traumatized. The quality of life we are experiencing is not like anything most of us have ever lived through before. In this time of physical distancing, our thoughts are even more engaged. As we spend more time in mental solitude, it can become quite easy…

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Portal to a New World:
An Earth Day Reflection

By pwsbuilder / April 22, 2020 / Comments Off on Portal to a New World:
An Earth Day Reflection

There are so many lessons to learn in this time of COVID-19, and specifically throughout Eastertide, the 50-day period between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday. On a positive note, we have witnessed the uniting of humanity. We have seen people come together, quickly to combat colossal issues. On a challenging note, we cringe at the…

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Confessions of a Local Pastor

By pwsbuilder / April 3, 2020 / Comments Off on Confessions of a Local Pastor

The lead deacon at my church called me several days into our mandated social distancing (I cannot recall which day he spoke to me because all the days blend into one another.) and asked if he could post encouraging words daily on our Facebook page.  He commented that he had not seen many pastors or…

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My Isolation Experience: Ben

By pwsbuilder / April 2, 2020 / Comments Off on My Isolation Experience: Ben

Being confined to a space for an indefinite amount of time can take its toll on one’s perception and spirit. The days blend together; the mind loses track of time. What day is it? I’m not sure, but the sun has gone down at least 14 times now. pngitem.com Along with quarantine’s blur of time…

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