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A Year Later: Orlando, Equality, and the Journey Forward

12 Monday Jun 2017

Posted by Sean Langdon in Culture, Religion

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Bisexual, christianity, Community of Christ, Equality, Equity, Hope, LGBT, Orlando, Pulse Nightclub, Religion, Social Justice

When senseless acts of tragedy remind us
That nothing here is promised, not one day
This show is proof that history remembers
We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger
We rise and fall and light from dying embers,
Remembrances that hope and love last longer.
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love,
cannot be killed or swept aside.
I sing Vanessa’s symphony, Eliza tells her story.
Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.

-Lin-Manuel Miranda, excerpt from his acceptance speech
after winning “Best Score” at the 2016 Tony Awards
just 24 hours on the Pulse Nightclub Massacre.

A little over a year ago I had begun to finally understand my sexual orientation. It was a journey that took a long time and, in that moment in time, I was relieved to finally begin to understand who I was. The next step for me was to begin to stop living in fear, publicly “come out”, and claim my truth as a bisexual male. Of course, that eventually happened on December 5, 2016. Though, before I had even picked the date that I wanted to come out on, I almost came out one year ago today in response to the tragedy that occurred in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016. Continue reading →

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Because you asked… Why come out?

15 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Sean Langdon in Community of Christ, Culture, Personal

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Bisexual, christianity, Community of Christ, discipleship, Equality, Equity, Faith, LGBT, Religion, Social Justice

After about 6-8 weeks of sharing my personal truth with close friends and family, I publicly came out as bisexual on Monday, December 5, 2016. I must admit, I was fearful. I was concerned. I was scared. As a full-time minister for a denomination that was just three years shy of being fully supportive of LGBT rights in the United States, I was concerned about potential backlash from people who just weren’t there yet on this issue. Especially so since a large part of my ministerial focus is working with youth. I was concerned about stereotypes and stigmas and how parents, congregational leaders, fellow leaders in youth ministry, etc would respond. To put it in the context of our present-day culture, I was fearful about people’s possible perceived truths (aka alternative facts) with what it even means to be LGBT. I also knew that I couldn’t let the fear of the “what if” control me any longer. I knew that I needed to come out and that I needed to so publicly. Continue reading →

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My Sunday, November 13: A Protest Vigil Reflection

17 Thursday Nov 2016

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Clinton, Community of Christ, Election 2016, Equality, Equity, Portland, Portlands Resistance, Protest, Racism, Religion, Social Justice, Trump

“To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.” ― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

On Sunday Morning, I was visiting a congregation just outside of Portland to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ. As I had spent the previous 4 days in mourning, confusion, and even anger, the weight of preaching in this time and space was not lost on me. The struggle of preaching to a image5potentially diverse body in the wake of the election and also the balance to make sure I didn’t get “partisan” but still addressed the social justice message of Christ, weighed heavily on me as I prepared and experienced my own depth of sadness, loss, and fear. My concerns about the message I was to bring started to dissipate though as the congregation began to sing “We Shall Overcome”. I am so proud that this protest song that has served as an anthem for the African-American civil rights movement is also in the Community of Christ hymnal. My Sunday Morning ended up serving as a great foundation for what I was to experience later that day.  Continue reading →

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Mourning, Healing, Disrupting, Living

11 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by Sean Langdon in discipleship

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Clinton, discipleship, Election 2016, Equality, Equity, Healing, Racism, Religion, Social Justice, Trump

Mourning, Healing, Disrupting, Living:
Post-Election Thoughts From A Minister

I posted the following on my Facebook page near midnight on Tuesday, November 8:

Tonight… Racism won. Homophobism won. Misogynism won. Religious Imperialism won.

Republicans lost. Democrats lost. 3rd party voters lost. But most importantly… Equality lost. Humanity lost. America lost.

I’m numb.

But I won’t be numb for long. I will fight. I will scream. For this is not the America that I believe in and I will do what I can to fight and scream for THAT America.

And now, 40 hours later, I still feel the same sentiment. Continue reading →

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