Our Story
Stole Text
This green stole comes from a Pastor and family in Minnesota whose child is a lesbian.
It comes with the desire for the church to learn to listen to its gay and lesbian children. Until we are able to hear their stories and recognize that these are children of God, baptized and taught in our congregations of the grace of God, this will remain an unresolved issue for the church.
Our earnest prayer is that the church will find the courage to listen to those stories and to recognize them in the leadership of the Holy Spirit, calling us to a new day and a new approach to this part of God’s created people!
This is not a moral issue! It is an issue of who some of us are created to love! And the gift of being able to love is a gift which has the power to open us to the love of God. Let’s keep talking until we have room in the church for all of God’s children.
In Christ’s Service,
An ELCA Pastor and Spouse
Stephen D. and Nancy A. Bohling
It comes with the desire for the church to learn to listen to its gay and lesbian children. Until we are able to hear their stories and recognize that these are children of God, baptized and taught in our congregations of the grace of God, this will remain an unresolved issue for the church.
Our earnest prayer is that the church will find the courage to listen to those stories and to recognize them in the leadership of the Holy Spirit, calling us to a new day and a new approach to this part of God’s created people!
This is not a moral issue! It is an issue of who some of us are created to love! And the gift of being able to love is a gift which has the power to open us to the love of God. Let’s keep talking until we have room in the church for all of God’s children.
In Christ’s Service,
An ELCA Pastor and Spouse
Stephen D. and Nancy A. Bohling
Contribution Story
Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015.
Archival Record
Stole Number: 1229
Honoree(s): Our Story
Donor(s): Pastor Stephen D. and Nancy A. Bohling
Geography: Minnesota (USA)
Faith Tradition: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Donation Date: 2015
Citation
“Our Story,” LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed May 5, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1140.