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“Why couldn’t you just have a nice breakfast chat about LGBTQ at Inspire2017?”
I got this question in response to my last blog post on Inspire2017. It is an excellent question. The answer reveals many of the layers which are in fact shaping the experience and practices we are having as a community. … Continue reading
At breakfast a woman expressed her disappointment to me at Inspire2017 about there not being an LGBT Breakout. How and where can the CRC facilitate difficult yet consequential conversations?
Breakfast conversation For me the most important part of almost any gathering are the unplanned conversations. Conversations like these are an invaluable way to get a sense of what is afoot in the church and what people are thinking. So … Continue reading
How I went from cynical-skeptic to enthusiast about #CRCInspire2017
Chris Meeham the CRC communications writer after reading this posting wanted a few quotes. Coming up with quotes is hard so I wrote a narrative from which he could quote. Here’s the note I wrote to him. I was skeptical … Continue reading
What was Inspire2017 for? We’ll only figure it out after we go there.
Surviving Massive Change In 1893 Hartog put his fourth son Sake, age 19 on a ship out of Rotterdam to New York City. He would make his way through immigration at Ellis Island and travel to West Michigan to … Continue reading
Inspire 2017 Day 1
“What is it about?” A few hours before I left for the Inspire2017 conference I chatted with my mother. She said “Oh you’re going. What’s it about? I’m not really sure.” I said I wasn’t either but I’m going to … Continue reading
