Arlo

This stole was made for me by a gay student at the University of Wisconsin when I was campus pastor there. I wore it with "pride" for many years. When I read of your request for stoles in commemoration of Gay and Lesbian clergy, I thought it very appropriate to send this one.

I give this stole in celebration of the life and ministry of my friend, Arlo. Arlo resigned his parish when the second draft of the sexuality paper was released from the ELCA. He is now working with an AIDS organization. Our congregation is trying to Call him as an associate pastor without his signing compliance papers, or in any other way promising to be celibate. We'll see.

Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks (formerly known as Lutherans Concerned), this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015.