By Rev. Thea Crites Our connection was through email and then phone. Two women from a state in the South where there was no possibility…
By Rev. Virginia Carle As I reflect on the stories that have already been shared, and the distressing news that Tom Ogletree is being brought…
I have been very slowly making my way through Nelson Mandela’s autobiography this year. Right now, I am reading about the first major trial of…
My daughter Sarah burst out in tears when she told us she was lesbian. Noel (her step-mother) and I had driven to Connecticut to visit…
My path toward officiating at a lesbian wedding started when Hazel, my three-year-old granddaughter, told me that Margot, her nursery school buddy, was lucky because…
The first Sunday after Three Kings is always Baptism of the Lord, when we remember the day Jesus walked into the waters with John the…
When our son Harry was ready to be baptized, it was not difficult for Charlene and me to decide who his godparents should be. Ron…
By Rev. Lucy Jones I was showing Amy and Jenn around the Grail at Cornwall, the spiritual retreat center where I work and where they were…
As the pastors of The United Methodist Church of the Village, we have been privileged to minister to a church that has been actively following…
By Rev. Yuri Ando It was sometime in late July 2011 when Marge Kirchner, a friend of mine for years, called and asked if we…
