Kit-N-Kadoodle

What can I say? This weekend has probably been the second greatest weekend of my life. (Next to our wedding of course.) I have learned so much, felt so much love and acceptance. For the very first time in three years I felt free to worship God with other Christians without fear of being judged or mocked. For the first time my wife and I held hands toward heaven as we worshiped God together in song without awkward looks. As I sobbed years of joy and sadness that this gathering was ending soon, my wife’s embrace kept me standing. Worshiping with LGBTQ Christians and Allies was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. To truly understand why would require some time, but we are a group of people who, for the most part have experienced massive pain and heartache from places that were once our safest sanctuaries before coming out. (I mean that literally and figuratively). But for some those places of safety and worship came to represent pain, repression, exclusion, and broken hearts. For some, their lives were and are on the line, and to see that a ministry like The Reformation Project has been able to empower Christians to SAVE LIVES so they can worship together in one safe place for a weekend… Is truly beautiful. I don’t care where you are on your journey toward LGBTQ affirmation and inclusion in the Church. It will take time and you are free to have that time. But the Holy Spirit was there tonight. The Lord is alive and well in the hearts of my fellow LGBTQ brothers and sisters. And He is doing amazing work through us. And nothing anyone can say will ever take away what was felt and experienced this weekend. As we worshipped tonight, I was saddened by the daunting task being open on rural KANSAS and teaching other LGBTQ people in our area. It all seems so large. But God gave me a vision of Jesus walking on the water, and be has called all of us out there with Him. He is smiling and proud that we have faith to walk with Him …and the sky is opened up and shining down on us, almost like Jesus’ baptism. IT WAS SO beautiful it was as if God was challenging me to trust thst he is God and he will provide, he always does. We are LGBTQ. We are Christians trying to live our lives authenticity and faithfully. And we aren’t going to let our lights be hidden behind behind a bush. We won’t allow anyone to snuff them out. We are going to let our light shine.

My coworker and friend’s best friend passed away suddenly on Sunday… Such a sad loss… He was such a well behaved doggie. RIP, BUSTER Drawn with colored pencil on one of my painted boards.

Inktober I don’t remember what number…. This one is pretty special. A very awesome Lady from my church was recently diagnosed with Breast cancer. She loves squirrels as much as I love foxes so I thought this would make her smile.

Commission I created! Celebrating their first Halloween together. :3