Category Archives: Justice

God is Trans (2023)

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Jesus At The Gay Bar by Jay Hulme Before images of God, I had white Jesus. Hung in a picture frame in my childhood home. You can see his perfectly groomed beard and goatee, his long brown hair with soft … 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 →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Personal Stories, Sexuality | Tagged Acceptance, Beloved, Bisexuality, Community, Enough, Friendship, Gay, Genderqueer, identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ, Love, Queer, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, transgender | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Personal Stories, Sexuality | Tagged Church, Community, Faith, Gay, gender, Genderqueer, LGBTQ, Love, Non-Binary, Pride, Queer, trans, transgender | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Personal Stories | Tagged Audre Lorde, Cis, Freedom, gender, Genderqueer, LGBTQ, Liberation, Non-Binary, Passing, Queer, Queerness, Straight, TDOV, trans, TransDayofVisibility, transgender, Visibility | Leave a comment

Sermon: Tough Love….Saves Us All (The Hard Work of Beloved Community)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: “There Is No Easier Way” by Elizabeth Nguyen Sermon: Tough Love Saves Us All When my partner and I were first together, our parents used to talk about us with their straight friends and co-workers by making sure they knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Justice, Sermons, Theology | Tagged 8th Principle, Beloved Community, Courageous Love, Isabel Wilkerson, Justice, Love, Martin Luther King Jr., Race, Racial Justice, Sermon, Sermons, Theology, Tough Love, Universalism | Leave a comment

What Love Means

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Part 1: Tough Love When I was an intern in the women’s prison – women would come to talk with me, as their chaplain, and they’d tell me that they knew, Jesus was the solution to their problems. When they’d say … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith Formation, Justice | Tagged Bible, Bible Stories, Caring, Change, Comfort, Commitment, Courage, Courageous Love, Creativity, Faith, Friendship, Generative Interdependence, Hebrew Bible, Interdependence, Jesus, Job, Listening, Long Haul, Love, Orientation, Resilience, Sacrifice, Sharon Welch, Showing Up, Sustain, Sustained, Tough Love, Values, Vulnerability, Witness | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice | Tagged Change, Democracy, Revolution, Transformation | Leave a comment

Endgame – a message for the Sunday after the 2020 election

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: V’ahavta by Aurora Levins Morales Homily It’s about five episodes into the new Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit when one of the characters, Harry, presses the main character, Beth: What’s your endgame? She looks at him blankly, a little … Continue reading →

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The Limits of Diversity: A conversation with Activist Florence Field

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

In the spring of 2020, as I was wrapping up a conversation with Foothills member Lynn Young about growing up during world war 2, when she told me that I should see if I could talk with one of her friends, … 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 →

Posted in Blog Reflections, Justice, Theology | Tagged Abortion, Acceptance, Bernard Loomer, Co-exist, Community, Complexity, Conservatives, Diversity, Evangelicals, Limits, Love, Process Theology, Progressive Church, Protest, Reality, Theology, Violence, Welcome, Welcoming | Leave a comment

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