1. | Dec 9, 2013

Indeed. We watched a durnmeotcy Taking a Chance on God last evening in prep for our LGBT fall film festival. It is the story of Father John MeNeil, a Jesuit who was silenced and then thrown out of the Catholic Church. He then went on to teach and Pastor to LGBT folks all over the world. (We will probably show the film this fall.) My own cuts from the fine old Baptists were deep and caused me to simply decide that religion was closed to me. I covered the cuts and on. I cried real tears at the dedication of our building, the first time I heard Spirit of Life . I also knew I had finally come home. Learning to see our UU faith as a religion did much to heal those old wounds. Having llived most of my life outside the bounds of society's norms and being told and shown that I did not belong, even in church, being taken In and finding goodness and meaning was precious. I hope we continue to define FUUCI as a church and a sanctuary for religious worship for generations to come.