

Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open doors.
I have always struggled with the concept of “Sunday Christian”; those people that come to a place of worship, stay for the service, act...


I am sorry you are living in exile
Dear LGBTQ People, I am sorry for the incredible pain and loss you have gone through in leaving your church home and living now in exile....


Sorry For Not Giving Up Control, We Used You
Dear LGBTQ People, I’m so sorry for the way we in the church as allies have such a hard time giving up control and power to you within...


From A Queer Morman
Hello there. I’m an asexual man who loves other men & my home church makes me feel like I have no space to exist in this capactiy. I know...


I was told I would go to hell for saying God loved us all
I was there in 1988 and I remember the anger, the challenges, the disrespect on both sides of the issue. I did not leave the United...


What if?, by Pam Rocker
We get open invitation every day to self-exclude, self-harm, self-annihilate and these messages come from pulpits and pews things said...


The reason for the Saturday morning visits
This story speaks to the homophobia that was part of church life in many places in 1988. In June of 1988 I moved to my settlement charge,...


My younger brother is openly gay
My younger brother is openly gay. Several years ago, in 2013, as teens my brother and I were in a foreign country with our mother on...


We claim to be open but…
Dear United Church, The thing that has hurt the most is how open and accepting we claim to be but then we do the exact opposite. We...


I’m so sorry, from Gary Tompkins
God help us. It’s been hard for me to understand how so many people who call themselves Christians can be so judgmental, unaccepting and...