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Response To A Lakeview Bully

Posted in Community, Politics, tagged , , on August 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday at church I learned of an incident that happened earlier in the week that is nothing less than bullying. An individual placed handmade fliers making false accusations about Broadway United Methodist Church. In the flier, the bully suggests that people should let Alderman Tom Tunney know how they feel about what Broadway is doing [...]

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My Stewardship Testimony

Posted in Community, Gratitude, Spirituality, Things I ♥, tagged , , , on May 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, I shared the following story with my church, which illustrates all of the reasons why I make financial contributions. When I was a child, my family attended a Lutheran church, one of the largest and wealthiest in the Twin Cities. It was a big, beautiful building downtown, with vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows, [...]

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Prayer of Confession

Posted in Spirituality, Things I ♥, tagged , on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today at church the Prayer of Confession really spoke to me. I have been meditating on it all day, and I thought I would just share it here: We confess that we have doubted ourselves and you, Lord. We believe what other say about us before acknowledging what your Word says. We tend to the [...]

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I don’t know what’s worse…

Posted in Community, Spirituality, tagged on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I went to a new church today. Nice place. But I don’t know what’s worse: Standing around awkwardly not talking to anyone and not knowing what to do with my hands, or having my time monopolized by the sweet church lady who was so obviously trying to connect with a younger person and convince me [...]

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The Conversion of Venus

Posted in Community, Opinion, Politics, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Michelle over at Metacentricities recently blogged about the conversion of Venus Magazine to an ex-gay publication. I really had to do a double-take when I read this. The website has the testimony of its publisher, who started the magazine thirteen years ago as a voice for the black lgbt community which is so often invisible [...]

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