Tag: methodist

Word:  Yesterday, I wrote this: "It is possible to have two diametrically opposed ideas like atheism and theism sitting in the same circle. There does not have to be a right/wrong struggle. We can bear witness to each other's stories and have a compassionate heart even while holding our own particular truth." And Lo! I was reading on Facebook and someone was expressing the idea that it is impossible to be in an organization that accepts "the other." In this case, my heart agrees even as my head says no. They want full inclusion for LGBTQIAP folx in the church. They want those who disagree left outside the church as the LGBTQIAP folx have been for so long. I get that. I want ideas that exclude, call-out, and confront to be left out of the system also. But I can only change me. I cannot ...