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Lifewords

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Twenty four years ago this week, I was on a flight to Portland to meet up with my parents. I had words I needed to say to them for the very first time. Words that were too big for an email or a … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Beginnings, Change, Coming Out, Communication, Dementia, Endings, Humanity, identity, Labels, LGBTQ, Listen, Listening, Memory, Othered, Othering, Sermon, Sermons, Silence, Speech, Transformation, True, Truth, Words | Leave a comment

Recognition / Seen – Easter 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Luke 24:12-32 Sermon My best friend from high school reached out to me last week. We’ve stayed in touch loosely over the years over Facebook, but not in any consistent way. She was in our home town for the … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Memory (Dec 2022)

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Sometimes I think about my daughter’s childhood as a matter of three phases: We are now, perhaps obviously, in phase three. The annual nativity play at Foothills only became an annual tradition in my third year here, when Gracie was 10, but by … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Bible, Christmas, Cole Arthur Riley, Collective, Community, Exodus, Healing, Holidays, identity, Memory, Past, Selfhood, Sermon, Sermons, Solstice | Leave a comment

Losing, and Finding Your Religion

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

It was 2007 when I could keep it in no longer. I’d avoided the issue long enough. I’d downplayed my feelings, guarded my intuition. I’d kept a lot of my favorite things and even my friendships, on the down low. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sermons | Tagged Change, Church, Faith, identity, Ministry, Open Heart, Progressive Church, Religion, Religious, Religious Identity, Religious Injury, Role of the Church, Sermon, Sermons, Transformation, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Unitarian Universalist, Universalist, UU, Vulnerability | 1 Comment

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

Queering Gender

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

I was only seven, and already I got that it made no sense. More than anything that year, I wanted to carry the cross up the center aisle, or at least a candle – I wanted to go in front … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Stories, Sexuality, Stories for Worship | Tagged gender, identity, Queer, trans, Transformation, transgender | Leave a comment

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Lifewords

Recognition / Seen – Easter 2023

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