Loving God, help us to remember that all people
are made in your image and are worthy of care,

love and respect.
When we have ignored the needs of the most

vulnerable people;

Forgive us.

When we have believed the powerful and disregarded

the cries of the voiceless;

Forgive us.

The Church of England and The Methodist Church of Great Britian join together to respond to people who have been traumatized by abuse.

A minister responds to condemnation by an anonymous blog commenter.

You sound young to me. Whether you are young or old or middle aged like me, I encourage you to read some viewpoints other than those to which you have been exposed thus far. Read “Jesus, the Bible and Homosexuality” by Jack Rogers for a start. He does a wonderful job at explaining the tiny handful of verses that are used against people like me. Do not take my word for it; obviously, I have a dog in this race. But Jack is a lifelong Christian, a professor, married to a woman…someone with absolutely no reason to take his positions beyond his understanding of scripture.

Peace, friend.