Like many of us, I was on pins and needles on Wednesday, knowing that federal district Judge Vaughn Walker planned to issue his verdict that day in the case challenging the constitutionality of the Prop 8 ban on marriage between two men or two women in California. Continue

As I watched the historic steps taken last week toward the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” I was reminded of the Presbyterian Church’s policies concerning those called to serve the church. Continue

For longer than I can remember, our weekly prayer group has opened with a prayer written by Howard Thurman that begins and ends with the stirring plea, “Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart (United Methodist Hymnal, 401).” Continue