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The result of November 3rd’s Maine vote on supporting an effort to provide marriage rights to same gender couples wounds me deeply. As a Mainer, I had high hopes that the people who taught me the values by which I live would live into those values. Sadly, corporate politics, fear, and hate-mongering have won out over fairness.

That deeply saddens me from many places.

The first is the simple, painful reminder that patriarchy has not yet died.

In the midst of this debate, the Roman Catholic Chu… Continue

Recently I volunteered to complete an assignment as part of my role in the planning team for the 2010 Creation Spirituality Communities conference, to be held in Burlingame, CA. My task was to try to determine what things, if any, folks could do locally to offset the carbon dioxide that will be released into the atmosphere as part of their travel (or other impacts on their overall carbon footprint.) Carbon dioxide and other gasses that are released into the atmosphere in increasing quantities ar… Continue

It was with real disappointment that I learned this morning that President Barack Obama has once again made only promises to the queer community about equality. He spoke last evening at a gala event for the Human Rights Campaign in Washington, DC, and many, including myself, feel he missed a wonderful opportunity.

This weekend marks the HRC gala, National Coming Out Day, and a march on Washington for equal rights for America's sexually diverse, second-class citizens. Many of us had hoped that P… Continue

I have been watching the news story about South Africa's new 800-metre world champion Caster Semenya this week. I confess that it has been with some dismay and disappointment. Semenya, you may recall, has had her gender challenged by authorities in the IAAF in a most public way. She has been subjected to examinations and tests designed to determine whether or not they consider her to be as she presents herself, a female.

I recently received feedback from someone I trust that in my writing much… Continue

7/28/09

A recent discussion has emerged in a small group called “Recovering Pastors” to which I belong on the larger Creation Spirituality Communities website. The group is designed to create dialogue between and among persons who have been pastors or have served in the role of pastoral leadership, and who are now reconsidering all that might mean as they either serve or move apart from serving local churches. Primarily, the discussion seems to be among those of us serving or having served Chri… Continue