My reflections on a night sleeping out with the homeless and the parable of Jesus as the gate. Become infected and addicted to spreading love, light and hope in the world!

Fear, doubt and disability. The call for all to have disabled brains that expect and create literal truth, peace and evangelism.

Campy, queeny, Easter full of exclamation points and a yearning for life and new beginnings.

Stories about joy in the midst of tragedy and chaos.

The Transfiguration of Jesus and the ways we can be both lonely and strong.

Dismissing the need to be perfect perfect, in search of a way to be God's kind of perfect. Or, God's ADA strategies for remembering and showing us it's true.

Pastor Megan preaches from the Gospel of Leviticus to St. Francis Lutheran Church, who will be brought back into the ELCA (next week) after being expelled for call lesbian pastors 21 years ago.

How I learned to love the Gospel of Matthew.

The annual Reconciling-in-Christ (RIC) Service will this year be hosted by First Immanuel Lutheran Church in Northwest Portland. First Immanuel is one of 19 RIC Congregations in the Oregon and Southwest Washington Synods. The RIC Service is open to all people to celebrate the God's inclusive love for people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, their families and allies.

A memorial for Troy Swann