ramblings of a freelance panentheist {"all things are in God, and God is in all things"} . . . musings on Emergent spirituality, powerlifting, LGBTQueer issues, contemplative prayer, mysticism, cats, music, healing, and more. I like my coffee and my existentialism dark-roasted.
I'm an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), in private practice in Marietta, Georgia. I'm an Episcopagan who is involved in the Emergent Christian conversation. My writings on queer spirituality have been published in Whosoever and several other magazines. I live in a house-in-the-woods (Bear's Hermitage) in Marietta with Leonidas (Lenny) and Guy, Mighty Warrior Cats, and way too many books.
The United Methodist Church has decided to reinstate a lesbian minister who had been defrocked by the church for being in relationship with another woman. Here's the news story, from the ABC News site.
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 11:36 PM
3 Comments:
Wow, that's amazing. I'm truly surprised. I'm sure there will be some sort of fallout with conservatives. Whoopee! :)
I was enthralled by a documentary I saw on PBS featuring Reverend Elizabeth Stroud and her struggle to stay in her church. I am happy to see she has been reinstated.
Can I share an editorial that I wrote and that was published in my local paper regarding Gene Robinson and how the church is failing us all by excluding some?
"Thousands of churches worldwide welcome the confirmation of Canon V. Gene Robinson. They recognize this courageous affirmation by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church for what it truly is -- a thunderous exclamation of inclusion and practice in whole of the true teachings of Jesus Christ.
The truth is that the church is quickly becoming irrelevant to many people today, witnessed by the multitudes leaving traditional religious institutions in search of spirituality.
Yesterday's sacred rituals and sermons are worn and of another time. They no longer serve us as a nation, nor as human beings. The tired, desperate rhetoric coming from the pulpits each Sunday regarding man's separation from God and our fallen nature, our need for salvation, and the contemptible message of "love the sinner -- hate the sin" has oppressed enough. No message of oppression will stand the light of truth.
In truth, the words of Jesus say nothing about one's sexuality and everything about how we are to treat our fellow mankind. They say nothing about doctrines, rituals and rules, and everything about the nature of love.
All of us desperately search for inclusion in something greater than ourselves, something that welcomes and offers acceptance and recognition for our worth as humans and children of God. Isn't this to be found in a house of God, and if not, where?"
A beautiful editorial, Isaiah -- thank you so much for sharing it with us!
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