Missing Voices Forum

A great big thank you goes out to Karen Taylor of L.I. GLBT Services Network for a wonderful Friday Night Forum.  And for reminding us that it's important not only to BE a welcoming community but to keep saying it again and again and again.

A prayer from this evening:

In All the Ways We Love

(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Straight)

May the One who blessed those who came before us, Naomi and Ruth, Isaac and Rebecca, Jonathan and David, bless us in all the ways we love.  May our journeys together be meaningful and our relationships grow and deepen.  May we support each other and share our times of difficulty as well as our celebrations and joys.  And may we always see the Divine spark implanted in each of us at the time of Creation as a sacred validation of whom we love.  May our bonds and passions be a true blessing in our lives and pleasing in God's eyes.  

And let us say, Amen.

Adapted from Siddur Sha'ar Zahav, Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco, CA

Thank you to Karen and all our guest panelists!