Here are some factors that might have had an influence on where this judgement about LGBTQ people appeared from, it might depend upon where you were brought up, whether or not church was an integral part of that upbringing, and if church was part of your upbringing, what type of church it was.

Yesterday we spent some time reflecting on our journey towards understanding that some people had a different sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression than us.

When was the first time you realized that there were others in this world who had a different sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression than your own?

I thought it might be useful to get some background on why I launched this somewhat audacious project and to give you a sense of what I hope it will achieve.

On Sundays I plan to create a brief summary of and link to the prior week’s posts. Of course, for this week we only just got started, so this seems a little foolish, but plans are plans...

One simple and relatively subtle way to let folks know you are supportive of an inclusive UMC is to wear a rainbow pin, ribbon or button on a Sunday morning.