Category Archives: Hospitality
Disclosure: Finding one’s voice amidst HIV/AIDS stigma
His 26 year old body was calculating comfortable, sprawled over a disheveled collection of towels and sheets constituting a makeshift mattress, littered with blood-tinged gauze pads, a towel soiled with oral secretions and a crusty suction tube. Upon seeing me …
Posted in Blog, Family, Gay/lesbian, Hospitality, Straight allies
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Living in Sodom 2012
On May 9th, 2012 the President of The United States of America gave his support of marriage for same gender loving people. While many have cheered, the cries that President Barack Obama is turning America into Sodom 2012 have been …
Posted in Blog, Gay/lesbian, Hospitality, Theology
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5 tips to begin welcoming gay/transgender people in the church
Perhaps you love your congregation, but you’re troubled or hurt by its failure to acknowledge and affirm the presence of gay and transgender (LGBT) people. You know the church is failing in its mission to welcome all, but it’s hard …
Posted in Bullying/violence, Children, Church leaders, Congregational life, Family, Gay/lesbian, Gender, Hospitality, Opening to change, Sexual orientation, Transgender
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