Way to go, adult forum!

Our adult forum just finished its six week study of the issues of homosexual marriage and the ordination of non-celibate gay people - the ELCA's "Journey Together Faithfully" material. It's been a difficult, challenging, and highly rewarding experience for us all, and I want to publicly thank them for their participation in this study with me. I've been impressed with their willingness to wrestle faithfully with this issue, and their growing desire and ability to seek understanding of those with whom they disagree. My hat's off to the six who were there tonight, and for those who couldn't make it but stuck with us on this journey just the same. May God grant us a church full of faithful people like yourselves earnestly seeking his will next summer, when our whole church will grapple with this issue!