http://timetoembrace.com A Presbyterian minister reflects on marriage, ordination and the place of GLBT faithful in the church Fri, 10 May 2013 18:42:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://timetoembrace.com/stitching-together-our-quilt-called-community/ http://timetoembrace.com/stitching-together-our-quilt-called-community/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:42:28 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7994 http://timetoembrace.com/stitching-together-our-quilt-called-community/feed/ 3 http://timetoembrace.com/my-churchy-response-to-jason-collins-coming-out/ http://timetoembrace.com/my-churchy-response-to-jason-collins-coming-out/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 21:03:57 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7969 http://timetoembrace.com/my-churchy-response-to-jason-collins-coming-out/feed/ 3 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-debra-peevey/ http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-debra-peevey/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:02:59 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7906 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-debra-peevey/feed/ 3 http://timetoembrace.com/my-coming-out-was-an-easter-experience/ http://timetoembrace.com/my-coming-out-was-an-easter-experience/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:28:06 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7844 Believe Out Loud: Wholeness is what I experienced when I found the way to accurately understand my whole self as well as to describe myself to the world. My years of confusion and questioning about my sexual orientation were very much a Lenten journey through the land of my soul. Realizing who I am—a bisexual—was as freeing and life giving as Easter.Continue Reading]]> http://timetoembrace.com/my-coming-out-was-an-easter-experience/feed/ 0 http://timetoembrace.com/my-top-5-favorite-tweets-following-the-scotus-hearings/ http://timetoembrace.com/my-top-5-favorite-tweets-following-the-scotus-hearings/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:37:53 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7817 th, for all the conversations it prompted both inside and outside the courtroom, will be remembered as a historic moment when the arc of history bent closer to justice for LGBT people. Here are 5 of my favorite tweets from the days following the Supreme Court hearings. What were your favorite posts?]]> http://timetoembrace.com/my-top-5-favorite-tweets-following-the-scotus-hearings/feed/ 0 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-jean-marie-navetta/ http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-jean-marie-navetta/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:25:02 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7739 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-jean-marie-navetta/feed/ 0 http://timetoembrace.com/how-hillary%e2%80%99s-coming-out-brought-me-to-tears/ http://timetoembrace.com/how-hillary%e2%80%99s-coming-out-brought-me-to-tears/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:56:07 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7730 http://timetoembrace.com/how-hillary%e2%80%99s-coming-out-brought-me-to-tears/feed/ 20 http://timetoembrace.com/praying-that-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-feels-the-love/ http://timetoembrace.com/praying-that-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-feels-the-love/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:57:12 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7719 http://timetoembrace.com/praying-that-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-feels-the-love/feed/ 5 http://timetoembrace.com/supporting-marriage%e2%80%94before-god-and-these-witnesses/ http://timetoembrace.com/supporting-marriage%e2%80%94before-god-and-these-witnesses/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:14:26 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7699 Believe Out Loud: For those who have been confused, I have regularly shared the story of discovering who I am and sharing that news with my husband in 1998 – after 17 years of marriage. Alvise knew how important our wedding vows were to me. He articulated better than I could what my being bisexual meant to him (and also to me). He put it this way: “What you are saying is you love me out of all possible people on the face of this earth, not just half. Actually, that makes me feel very special.” Continue Reading]]> http://timetoembrace.com/supporting-marriage%e2%80%94before-god-and-these-witnesses/feed/ 0 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-rev-andrew-foster-connors/ http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-rev-andrew-foster-connors/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:52:05 +0000 Rev. Janet Edwards http://timetoembrace.com/?p=7683 http://timetoembrace.com/conversation-with-rev-andrew-foster-connors/feed/ 0