My Story

[The following is an email received in response to the event announcement.]

Thank you so much for sending this. You may have noticed our absence from St. Andrew's this summer. I have personally struggled with the church for years because my personal views on issues such as birth control, gay rights, ordination of married men and women, etc. The pedophilia cases that have been headline news for years now and the churches handling of the issue have horrified me. When the Archbishop sent out a letter critical of the Oregonian (On Easter Sunday no less) and urging catholics to cancel their subscriptions I thought I had finally had it. And then there was the Vatican statement equating the criminal, sick behavior of priests who prey on the powerless with the ordination of women I went numb. I am not sure I can recover, but I will consider coming to your event. It is the first positive message I have heard in a while, although I feel you will be preaching to the choir and the powers that be will continue to be oblivious to our voices.