https://comingoutcovenant.com/remember-the-other-question/ Members and friends of the Evangelical Covenant Church in favor of a more inclusive church! Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://comingoutcovenant.com/remember-the-other-question/#comment-400 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:37:00 +0000 http://comingoutcovenant.com/?p=423#comment-400 Dear Andrew  – Your writing is marvelous. You sound like the people I admired so much -KO, Zenos, Arthur Anderson and Doug Cedarleaf. What is the Covenant doing by not allowing you to work in it! Totally crazy if you ask me. Bless you for your work.

]]> https://comingoutcovenant.com/remember-the-other-question/#comment-398 Sat, 21 May 2011 23:39:00 +0000 http://comingoutcovenant.com/?p=423#comment-398 Ahhhhhhh…. that takes me back 20 years to when I came out (I thought belatedly) at age 29.  I grew up in an evangelical, fundamentalist denomination which shall remain un-named, as my parents are still  (after 20 eff-ing years!) embarrassed and “saddened” (the former is my take on it, the latter is their word) by any reminder that yes indeed, their eldest son is… wait for it…. GAY.  I was immediately put on notice by the elders of my congregation that while I was still welcome to attend services there (yeah, right), they could no longer accept any offer of mine to provide music for services when I came back to visit (something which had heretofore been assumed as given ever since I left for college).  Seemed perfectly clear to me that I was not welcome, despite protestations to the contrary.  So I never went back (to the church, that is).  The theatre has become my “church”, where I find more acceptance, more love, and more inspiration than I EVER experienced in any church.  All paths lead home to the divine, I believe, as long as the path is pursued with an open heart.  I applaud those who forge ahead against the fear and hatred and stay within their faith traditions, and yet some of us must find a path different than the one to which we were pointed as children.  The Divine can (and does, I believe) “bless us,  EVERY ONE.”

]]> https://comingoutcovenant.com/remember-the-other-question/#comment-397 Thu, 19 May 2011 23:36:00 +0000 http://comingoutcovenant.com/?p=423#comment-397 Nice summation, Andrew.  I’m very much enjoying reading this blog and look forward to more.

]]> https://comingoutcovenant.com/remember-the-other-question/#comment-396 Thu, 19 May 2011 16:42:00 +0000 http://comingoutcovenant.com/?p=423#comment-396 Andrew, thanks again for starting this blog. I am learning and praying as I read the stories that are posted here.
 

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