Supreme Court Case Shouldn’t Redefine Religious Freedom to include Discrimination

The Supreme Court is about to decide whether religious freedom is a license to discriminate. This deeply troubles me as both...

I Praise, Others Lament: Living Into Amendment 14-f

On Valentine’s Day, Ruling and Teaching Elders from throughout the Presbytery of the Miami Valley (Ohio) ventured out into the freezing...

Marriage: My Story

Here we go: I am one of those women who has been planning her wedding since before she started dating. My...

A View of Marriage: Overture Advocate Scott Clark

I’m Scott Clark, Teaching Elder from Redwoods Presbytery and chaplain of San Francisco Theological Seminary. I’m also an attorney who has...

“Yes” Feels Like Hope

While our denomination has certainly made great strides (with help from many dedicated people), it is still an uncertain place to...

A View of Marriage: An Overture Advocate’s Words

I’m Will McGarvey, Teaching Elder from San Francisco Presbytery, serving a Presbyterian-UCC union congregation. The Word is fundamental to our faith,...

Building Gracious Space in the PCUSA: Getting to Wonder

God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are...

On the Sixth Circuit Court Decision: A Pastoral Response

I am privilege. Perhaps more exactly phrased, I am privileged. I’m male. I’m White. I’m Christian. I live in Ohio. Born...

A Dream Fulfilled

I thought after 28 years together and two previous occasions where Michael and I stood before a group of our friends,...

Heteronormativity and the Book of Order

[Disclaimer: one of the functions of the MLP editorial board is to lift up alternate perspectives around the church. If others have a...