[Magdalen] After General Synod in Vancouver for ACC lost the marriage amendment vote .

[Scott Knitter]

A tangent apropos LGBT: It was encouraging to me today to read about
presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg's path to coming out as a gay
man. After spending a long time fearing the consequences of doing so
(especially consequences to his career), he came out at age 33. This is the
same age when I stopped fearing so much (although being in the habit of
fearing, and repressing, I'm rather messed up in some ways, including being
very risk-averse) and told loved ones I was gay. There were no negative
consequences, and for that I am grateful to God and to my parents and
friends.

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 5:42 PM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> On 14/07/2019 20:34, Clarissa Canning wrote:
> > i felt very sad yesterday . today I had a MP service to do with my little
> > congregation in Glenboro Mb. Many people in Manitoba are on traditional
> > side .  I did some Prayers of People written for GS from Newfoundlander.
> > The Gospel was “ Good Samaritan “ .  I felt really called to say
> something
> > . During the announcements at the end I shared more about my daughter .
> > Specifically that she is bi sexual . I told them I loved them too . Was
> > just moved by the spirit . I  was emotional and could not sing much of
> the
> >   of Abide with me”.  I got hugs at end of service and we continued about
> > controversial opinions in the church and I shared of my parents
> experience
> > with this and parish we were at a short time.  we talked of forgiveness I
> > order to move on . Wow It felt freeing .
>
> Clarissa,
>
> I am glad you found it freeing. In the sermon I heard this morning the
> Vicar preached about different understandings of the word "Samaritan"
> over the centuries. Here in the UK Samaritans is the name of an
> organization (founded by a C/E priest) that is there for people in
> crisis so it has a very positive meaning. He reminded us that in Jesus's
> time the Samaritans were "the other" - outcasts for Jews. He asked us to
> think about which groups we regard as "other" and listed LGBT as among
> the groups that some reject.
>
> Roger
>
>

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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA