Category Archives: Blog Reflections

Top 22 of 2022

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Sara and I are finally back with our list of our favorite shows from the past year! We had hoped to get this to you in mid-January, but the year new year didn’t quite cooperate with us….Still, even a few … Continue reading →

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Queer More Than Memory (or, the closets made from the words we didn’t yet have)

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

This post is a companion piece to a post I wrote in February 2015, “A Conversation Begins with a Lie…” Like a lot of moments in my life, I recently realized something important while listening to the Indigo Girls.   Carri … Continue reading →

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Gay Enough

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

My partner Carri and I were pretty early in our relationship when we started to wonder if we were “gay enough.” It wasn’t a new question for me; as a bi-identified person, more than a few lesbians have over the … Continue reading →

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Be More Gay

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

After my last post, I kept thinking about how to take these ideas and invite in a collective conversation, as well as a more intentional strategic response. The conversation part that I’m thinking about is a kind of playful response … Continue reading →

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Now is not a time for passing

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

With every new headline or “debate” about the latest wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation, I hear Audre Lorde: “My silence had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” In Florida, the literal intent of the law is silencing- to … Continue reading →

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Top 21 Shows of 2021 acccording to Sara & Gretchen

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

My best fellow binge-watcher Sara Steen and I worked really hard in our tv watching in 2021. It was a sacrifice, but somehow we managed! And from that work we have created a list of the top 21 shows of … Continue reading →

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The Power of How We Dress: Introducing the Drag King Pastors

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

The first big fight I had with my parents when I was in college was not – despite what you might think – when I told them I was switching majors from math to theatre.   For that, they were more….trying … Continue reading →

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How Tiny Revolutions Begin

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

A reflection the Sunday after the invasion of the US capitol Like a lot of people on Wednesday, I was glued to the television all day. The internet options wouldn’t cut it, I had to go old school, I turned on … Continue reading →

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Accepting Life’s Complexity

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

My partner and I were doing our usual Sunday morning anxious search for a parking space – hoping we could still sneak in during the chalice lighting rather than the more disruptive space of the meditation when we realized that there was … Continue reading →

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The Descent – a Rosh Hashanah reflection after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I know she didn’t quite make it to Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish High Holy Days which begin this evening – but I still think there’s something auspicious and instructive about Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death being in such proximity to this day,  A … Continue reading →

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