The Virginia Methodists for A New Thing movement values a diversity of voices. The blog posts shared here come from authors from around the Conference with a variety of viewpoints. They are lay and clergy; male, female, and non-binary; members of the LGBTQIA family; people of color and people who are white; cisgender and gender non-conforming. The authors featured here all share one thing in common: they hear the call of God to a new thing and are raising their voices to proclaim this good news.
“There is joy, there is pain, there is guilt, there is celebration, there is deep need for change,” Jonathan and Lauren reflect on their recent ordination. “As we continue to wrestle with our vows, some questions linger at the forefront of our minds: what if the system we’re vowing to uphold perpetuates the very injustice or oppression that we’ve vowed to resist?”
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