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Christians Trash the Earth

Submitted by Claybow on September 4, 2008 - 8:01am.

I've got to make this quick. Recently, I received an invitation to make a pledge to reduce my use of bottled water. Seemed reasonable, especially since my events can go through hundreds of bottles in a day. Once I read the background information about how much waste is involved and the impact on the environment I decided to make the pledge. Plus there's a prize (trip to Glacier) that would be cool to win.

(See the pledge here: http://water.newdream.org/campaigns/water/register/3c730fecb0427c1674d5c...)

Rather innocently, I forwarded the invitation along to a list of past participants in the events I organize. I've gotten lots of great responses and one that scared me ...

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More religious antics.

Submitted by Claybow on April 27, 2007 - 1:12pm.

Recently, the Flint Hills (Manhattan, Kansas) Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) produced "You Belong to Us" a non-fiction play based on interviews of parents with lesbian and gay children. It’s a story about acceptance, overcoming prejudice, and most of all, unconditional love. Over 500 people attended the play in early March.

As an ally of the LGBT community, I chose to audition for the play along with my wife and 16-year-old son. Turns out, we were all cast, including my other 9-year-old son. From set and costume designers and marketing specialists to actors and audience members, it took a diverse group of people from across the community to make it a success. We built a collective “stage” to share a message of love and acceptance

A colleague of our writer and director attended the play and afterward asked about using the pieces of the set for a production she was directing at the Flint Hills Christian School. That play, "I Never Saw another Butterfly" is about Jewish children in Nazi Germany.

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