A response to Kai
This morning Kai, I read your story and I wanted to tell you how it touched by heart and troubled my very soul. You are a young person,...
Pegi remembering 1982
I was there in 1988, not at General Council, but in ministry in the United Church, and I remember … When we made the recommendation to...
Richard was a good friend
I’d like to tell gay, lesbian or trans Christian people… Richard was a good friend, kind man and harmless, though he died of AIDS in...
A Lament by Deb
How long God will we keep screwing up We hurt from the friction/the conflict A tug of war: who are we to choose, right or wrong, Life...
As a queer person, I'm still not sure I'm OK, by Dodie*
I’m still not sure, as a queer person, that I’m OK, by Dodie* I wish I knew how to say that I’m still not sure, as a queer person, that...
"When I Was Born", a prayer poem
When I was born you saw me you held me you loved me As I grew you saw me you held me you loved me Every day you saw me you held me you...
How empty the church was after the split
I was there in 1988 and I remember how empty the church was after the split. From a large supposedly vibrant congregation to a few people...
Lament for a Christian Couple
O God, where were you when… at our Passover table last year, the young gay couple shared their mitzrayim (the narrow place)? The two men...
I now consider myself non-binary…
I now consider myself non-binary however I probably always was—even when others saw or called me lesbian, butch, faggot, etc. I never...
A Love that is Good
I wish I had known the world was about the change. I wish I had known that I was not broken, that my love was good, and healthy, and a...
