Reconciling Works

Recently, I have been asked: How do I help my congregation have a conversation around marriage? (Short answer: slowly.) What are these so-called “religious freedom” bills and why are they so bad? I mean, don’t we all want to be “free” to practice our religion? (Very short answer: discrimination in the name of religion is still discrimination.) We are a newly married gay couple, but there is some unspoken unease in our congregation. How can we help change that? (Short answer: by being you, and congratulations!) I think I understand “gay” and “lesbian,” but I don’t understand “transgender.” Are transgender people made in God’s image too? (Short answer: absolutely yes!)

A New Way to Talk with Conflicted Christians about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Church and Societyhttp://groundswell-mvmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/My-Mind-Was-Changed.pdf

Baltimore, Maryland is my “home away from home.” For five years, Baltimore was my home. I learned how to be a musician and teacher at Peabody Institute, learned how to live “on my own” with a lot of help from friends and neighbors, and taught in the Baltimore City Public Schools for one delightful year. […]

ReconcilingWorks recently participated in OutFront Minnesota’s Lobby Day, and in a direct action, marched to Minnesota Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt’s office asking him to stop allowing bills that hurt LGBT people, their families, and black lives. As Lutherans, our faith teaches us to love God and love our neighbor, it is not our place […]

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The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, has been designated as Reconciling in Christ (RIC). Gettysburg joins Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, as the fourth ELCA seminary to become RIC. […]

  Regional Coordinator (RC) Retreat: April 10 – 12th ReconcilingWorks regional coordinators (RC) gathered from across the country for a weekend of renewal and visioning as ReconcilingWorks continues to live into the mission of creating welcome, inclusion, and equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and families. Regional Coordinators, staff and Board Co-Chair Mike […]