We should have been friends.
Full disclosure: I am a white-straight-male in my 60's. The most vilified and blamed group for all the problems that have come to be in...
Confusion about how to relate
I was there in 1988 and I remember how fearful people were about the change. People looked to their ministers as role models. How would...
UCC not a real church?
I only have 2 close friends that frequently attend a church other than my own. Because of this, we do not generally talk about religion...
A marked contrast
I was there in 1988 and I remember the extreme attitudes and feeling expressed in some congregations of a reactionary nature to what was...
1988: A deeper understanding
I was there in 1988 and I remember it as a very challenging and divisive time in our church. The church we were attending at the time had...
How can we learn from the past to grow in understanding and respect?
I read the “November 1988” story as well as several others that made me realize how though we see ourselves (the UCC) as a progressive,...
Rev. Richard DeLorme's Story
I went back into the ministry in 1982 and was in Aylmer, Quebec. I was also president of Conference, and I went to the 1988 vote at...
More needs to be done
I was there in ’88 and was obviously not aware of the dissent that existed within our congregation. Many people were upset when...