Where do I even start?
A fair number of big things happened in 2019.
I am, to put it mildly, pretty tired.
Here’s why.
Continue reading “2019 Recap: Farewell to an Exhausting Year”
Tag: Methodists
My Rage-Fueled Grown-Up Christmas List
Last night, while waiting for the bus, I got angry.
It happened while I was reading updates on the impeachment trial and accompanying Tweets from Methodists annoyed with the proceedings.
They have every right to be frustrated.
Ten months ago, queer Methodists (myself included) and their allies were denied inclusion in the Methodist denomination.
It took the Methodist church a matter of days to make me unwelcome in the denomination and ruin my entire year.
Meanwhile, it’s taken MONTHS to initiate impeach proceedings against the man who instated a trans military ban and popularized the phrase “grab her by the pussy.”
After waking up feeling extra salty and extremely political, I drafted a Christmas list.
Santa better deliver.
Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 3 (explicit)
This is the final part of my Methodist Despair playlist.
Today I pull out Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson and Lily Allen.
I earned that “explicit” tag. Be warned.
Continue reading “Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 3 (explicit)”
Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 2 (explicit)
I’m back with more sad songs.
For context, I am forgoing food this morning, filling my stomach instead with boiling hot caramel tea – doctor’s orders.
Let that guide your reading experience.
Continue reading “Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 2 (explicit)”
Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 1 (explicit)
After the UMC vote in February, I turned to a classic coping mechanism.
That’s right: I made a Spotify playlist. Continue reading “Methodist Despair Playlist: Part 1 (explicit)”
No Longer a Methodist
Yesterday, the United Methodist church voted to uphold its ban on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy. Continue reading “No Longer a Methodist”
Ambivalent Accidental Methodist
I made the jump.
After hanging around evangelicals, tolerating Southern Baptists, and trying my hand at Presbyterianism, I now attend a Methodist church.
My new church is a good deal more liberal than my past churches.
I don’t really know how this happened. Continue reading “Ambivalent Accidental Methodist”
