I have been thinking a lot about our prayer shawl ministry this AM. I woke wondering and ?worrying? about Advent knitting, a meeting soon, silent sermon, why are we in a period of down? was this just an Alicia thing? In trying to discern how active to be or is this something I should let go of, I realized that in some way I think this is tied to my identity. Will I loose part of my identity/purpose if this disbands? and yet there is definitely an ongoing need for prayer shawls - Elaine asked about one for Pam and I wonder if Alicia has made one for her friend Robin - or could Lewis use one as a physical symbol of our love and support for him?
And tied into all of this is my compassion for those in the LGBT community. As I pray and ponder this, I can not get past the fact that God loves us all - the oddballs, the outcasts, etc., so how is it that the "church" can tell someone that they can not be all they want or feel called to be?
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