August 2007 Archives

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

 - Psalm 121, King James Version

I could have played it safe.

I could have just written a blog from the standpoint of "a seminarian".

I chose to not be afraid.

I am not ashamed of my journey. I am not afraid of the opinions people will have of me because of what I have been through. And I will stand for others who have traveled, are traveling, or may begin to travel parts of the road I have been on.

Likewise, I call on my readers to be not afraid. Comment from your heart, from your head, from deep in your soul.

Do not let your fear drive your words.

Be not afraid.

August 28, 2007 (Chicago)
I'm sitting in a small dorm room in University of Chicago's International House.

I'm officially a seminarian - albeit an unlikely one.

I'm a 45 year old Lesbian of transsexual experience with an ID card from Chicago Theological Seminary. I am enrolled in three courses this semester.

There are many who say I should not be here, for a variety of reasons. And yet, here I am.