And a Child Shall Lead Them
On February 7th, there will be a Children and Youth led Sunday service. When the idea first got proposed, I was extremely curious as to how something like this would turn out. Truth be told, it has been awesome to work with the kids on this! When I brought the…
Constructing a New Masculinity
Last Monday I had the opportunity to attend the gathering of Central Ohioans for Peace where the topic for the evening was a documentary called The Mask You Live In. This documentary explores how young men and boys struggle to navigate a very narrow definition of masculinity that is forced…
Advent Devotionals
Below is the text of an Advent devotional I wrote for The Mennonite website blog. Each day during Advent, The Mennonite will be posting a reflection written by different members from across the MCUSA family. The reflection below was written for day two of Advent, but all the other daily…
“Voices Raised, Lives Changed”
This coming Sunday, we will be welcoming nearly 40 members of the Illuminati choir who will be sharing special music with us during the service. The choir is the sacred ensemble associated with the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus. Approximately once a month, Illuminati shares music at various religious institutions and…
Dear Church…
Our worship series on the Book of Revelation will be jumping around quite a bit to look at the book more thematically than narratively. This makes sense because going straight through the book would both take far longer than a month and would likely lead to the overwhelming feelings that…
“A good Christian man”
While trying to figure out what to write about for this week’s blog, I could not get out of my mind a local news story that ran last week about OSU’s move-in day. Perhaps some of you saw it as well. The summary of the story is that a few…
Message Received
Last week approximately 20-30 children gathered at the church every evening between Sunday and Thursday for Vacation Bible School. A big thanks to all who helped make VBS possible this year. It would not have happened without the willing and graceful leadership of organizers, teachers, snack preparers, game leaders, craft…
Marches and Parades
A couple of months ago, I was having breakfast with a friend of mine and the conversation turned toward my experience as a gay man. Because this woman is a friend and because she showed a genuine interest in hearing about my experiences, I was happy to share some of…
The Things We Take With Us
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a theatre production, and when I walked in I could not shake the feeling that I knew one of the ushers. I wracked my brain trying to remember how I knew this woman, but it just would not come to me. It…
Peace on My Mind
This past Monday I had the opportunity to attend the Student Peace Conference at OSU. It was a really nice event, and it was exciting to see so many young people interested in learning about peacemaking. There was not much sustained conversation about any one topic, but I thought I…
