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Hoping for Inclusivity, Riding for Equality

Posted by: Drew on: 14 October 2009

This past weekend was one that gave me great hope, great courage, great knowledge, and great people.  Where was I that this happened?  At Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster for the Institute for Welcoming Resources‘ training “Building an Inclusive Church.”  Led by Anita Bradshaw of IWR and by Carol Wise of the Brethren Mennonite Council, [...]

Convincing? I think so.

Posted by: Drew on: 11 September 2009

Of course, I’m already convinced that I shouldn’t have to do what this young man did.

Prayers for Bobby on Lifetime

Posted by: Drew on: 24 January 2009

Look out for this movie, Prayers for Bobby, over the next few days on Lifetime.  It promises to be a very good one, at least I know that it’s a very well told story in book form, tragic and moving as it is.  For the queer community it gives a glimpse of hope that even [...]

What about the brown (or pink…) triangles?

Posted by: Drew on: 17 December 2008

Today, I finished reading a book called Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty.  This is novel is about the very real sufferings of a Romani (Gypsy) family during the Nazi Holocaust.  And it makes you think about how terrible this blight on our history is.  But why is it that when we remember these [...]

Love, and its manifestations

Posted by: Drew on: 13 December 2008

I really want this song at my wedding in some form, if I ever find the right guy (did I ever come out on this blog? well, now I did).  The words are just beautiful and everything a marriage is about.
Love Changes Everything
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Love, love changes everything: hands and faces, earth and sky.
Love, love [...]

Are you serious? Canada?

Posted by: Drew on: 5 November 2008

First of all, Congratulations to President-elect Obama!  I pray that you bring this nation into a new era.  Second of all, what is up with McCain supporters saying that they’ll move to Canada.  That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.  Canada is everything that they fear Obama will make America.  No legal restrictions on abortion, [...]

Bigoted Christianity

Posted by: Drew on: 28 May 2008

So I’m reading Head and Heart by Gary Willis and discovered something I hadn’t know about previously.   Though upon thinking about it, I really shouldn’t be surprised.  So, apparently the Southern Baptist Convention was formed due to Southern Christians insistence that there was nothing wrong with the institution of slavery.  The Southern Baptist Convention at [...]

A Peculiar People

Posted by: Drew on: 2 November 2007

For my Intro. to Web Communications class this semester I am required to put together a personal interest website. I decided that since I’ve done all this reading on LGBT issues that I would construct it out of that. So I’ve named it A Peculiar People: Queer Theology for an Inclusive Church. [...]

What happened?

Posted by: Drew on: 24 October 2007

Well, you may have wondered what happened to my planned postings.  I decided that the topic of alternative sexualities was just not something that I could in this sort of setting at the moment.  I have been doing a lot of reading, though.  So I figured I’d give a list of the books that I’ve [...]

Some Queer Assumptions

Posted by: Drew on: 26 September 2007

When reading someone’s writings on an issue as divisive as this often is, I wanted to make sure I have laid down as much as I can, so that people can better understand where I am coming from. But first of all, I want to make clear my intentions and meaning behind the word “queer” [...]