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You Can Redact the Policy, but You Can’t Undo the Damage

April 6, 2019 |

I’m mad at all the hurt this has caused, only for it to all be undone 4 years later. I really wish the policy wasn’t put in place in the first place.

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Who is Actually Being Served by the Exclusion Policy Reversal?

April 6, 2019 |

The policy and its reversal are about a conversation the Church is having with itself: a kind of “we can meet you halfway here” when the “you” is not even in the room, and the “we” represents a kind of heterosexist echo chamber.

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Joy of Baptism, Suffering of Exclusion

April 6, 2019 |

Many, many still suffer. Many have been rejected. Many have been expelled and many cried for many years. Many feel excluded.

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In the Aftermath: Personal Reflections

April 6, 2019 |

I also view the present moment with the belief that God knows all, loves all, and will make all things right. I wish for some kind of reckoning in the here and now, but failing that, I believe an accounting will be had.

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You Can’t Walk Back the Pain

April 6, 2019 |

Perhaps it’s not supposed to be a happy thing, But a less sad thing that could have simply started with, “We made a mistake and we’re sorry”.