Reconciling Works

This National Coming Out Day, ReconcilingWorks wants to lift up those in our movement who have been out for decades and those who may be coming out today.

Every year on National Coming Out Day, we celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or as an ally. Today folks from all over the nation are celebrating the 25th anniversary of National Coming Out Day as a reminder that one of our most basic tools is the power of coming out. One out of every two Americans has someone close to them who is gay or lesbian. For transgender people, that number is one in 10.

And coming out STILL MATTERS. When people in our communities and congregations know someone

Family Equality Council WikiAn online database maintained collaboratively by people around the country, containing info about LGBTQ-family-friendly places of worship, schools, adoption agencies, towns / vacation spots, family laws by state, and doctors, therapists, etc. For the Bible Tells Me So: A Study Guide and Advocacy Training CurriculumCreated to accompany the film For the Bible Tells […]

Affirm UnitedAffirm United/S’Affirmer Ensemble (AU/AE) is an organization of persons working through education and social integration for the welcoming of diverse peoples, especially the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the life and work of the United Church. AU/AE is composed of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and so […]

Considering the Matter of Same-Sex BlessingsA project approved by National Church Council, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, wherein scholars from across the ELCIC were invited to write short essays on various aspects of the theological, ecclesiological, and pastoral implications of authorizing a parish-based local option to perform same-sex blessings. All the essays and the accompanying […]

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All October, ReconcilingWorks will be celebrating Spirit Month which consists of 4 major holidays central to our movement.

    Dear Partners in Ministry, ReconcilingWorks has partnered with the “Faiths Calling” project calling on Lutherans to act on the recent Churchwide Assembly memorial regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). We are mobilizing both ecumenically and inter-faithfully with other people of faith to call our Senators on September 17 and demand an end to […]

The ELCA Churchwide Assembly, met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passed a resolution calling for voting rights for all citizens to be guaranteed. The resolution was submitted by Kwame Pitts, Metropolitan Chicago Synod. Bishop Wayne Miller, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, spoke in favor of the resolution, saying that the Supreme Court decision to strike down portions of the […]

ReconcilingWorks celebrates the election of The Rev. Wm Chris Boerger to a six-year term as Secretary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) on August 16, 2013, at the Churchwide Assembly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Emily Eastwood, Executive Director, said “Pr. Chris Boerger has been an ally for full participation for many years.  His prophetic […]

The Rev. Tita Valeriano, ordained Lutheran minister, pastor, mission developer, openly-gay, partnered, mother, member of the Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries’s Proclaim, presided as celebrant at the Friday worship service during the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.  A graduate of the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Tita has served as a congregational pastor, as Secretary for Youth in Church and […]