More Light Presbyterians


It's About Time

Posted Monday, February 18 2008 @ 02:14 PM by Anonymous

 

More Light Presbyterians
Board of Directors
Unanimously Adopted
February 18th, 2008


It’s About Time!

It’s about time for all disciples of Jesus Christ to take a stand

for those who are still denied full participation in our church ‑

lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender sisters and brothers,

whom God loves and calls to faith and ministry.

It’s about time to end

the task forces, studies, judicial cases, interpretations,

and other abuses

that continue the unconscionable discriminatory policies of our church.


It’s about time to lay aside our fears:

Fear of the unknown ‑ fear of schism,

Fear of those who are different.


“God is love…there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.” 1 John, 4:16, 18


It’s about time to do the right thing,

to delete G-6.0106b which has created so much strife in our beloved church.


It’s about time to trust in God’s wildly inclusive love,

and remove the boundaries we have set

around God’s free, unmerited grace.


It’s about time to make our church a welcoming community,

where everyone has an equal place at God’s table.


It’s about time!


Ref: http://www.mlp.org/article.php/ItsAboutTime