January 1, 2026 - New Year's Day Greg LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “See, I am making all things new.” ~Revelation 21:5 (NRSV) Devotion There’s something both terrifying and exhilarating about a blank calendar. All those empty squares stretching out before us, waiting to be filled with appointments, celebrations, heartbreaks, and ordinary Tuesdays. On New Year’s Day, we stand at a threshold, caught between what was and what might be. For many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community, the concept of...

December 25, 2025 - Christmas Gwendolyn Glover DeRosa (she/her) Director of Student Ministries, King Avenue UMC (Columbus, OH) Queer Christian   “It’s okay to go quiet, to pause long enough to hear your own interior world with the regard it deserves. Don’t let the noise of the world drown out the sound of you. Sometimes silence is presence.” Cole Arthur Riley   Merry Christmas, friends!   I know that many in the LGBTQIA+ community carry a lot of emotions during this time of the year. Some of...

Sunday, December 21, 2025 - Fourth Sunday of Advent The Rev. Morgan Walker Annable (she/her) Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church (Wadsworth, OH) Allied Christian   Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly. But just when he had...