America’s Oldest Denomination Faces Split Over LGBT Issues

With dozens of congregations already on their way out, the Reformed Church in America anticipates “difficult decisions” at its postponed General Synod this week. This week, North America’s oldest denomination will confront its gridlock over LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage. Votes cast in Tucson at the Reformed Church in America’s General Synod—delayed 16 months due to the pandemic—will chart the course for the already-splintering denomination. In the past... Read More

In Prayer, We Are Fully Seen and Fully Known

How intimacy with God fuels Meg Baatz’s ministry among same-sex-attracted and LGBT peers. Meg Baatz was first drawn toward God as a preteen. “I was really insecure and just full of shame and guilt, and searching for meaning,” she says, but she knew “Jesus was there just loving me exactly as I was.” Years later, while serving as a Bible study leader in a campus ministry, Baatz says her “faith and sexuality journey collided” as she became more conscious of... Read More

As medical marijuana blooms in Florida, regulators seek $13 million more from state

Health officials also want $4 million for a state education and prevention campaign to publicize “accurate information” about medical marijuana, money to buy vehicles to take samples of THC-infused edible products to a testing lab in Jacksonville and additional funding to open three regional offices within the Office of Medical Marijuana Use, according to documents submitted to the Legislature. ... Read More

‘Be an angel to someone else.’ Breast cancer survivors help others with their diagnosis

An ER coordinator. A teacher. A fitness instructor. These three mothers in South Florida have one thing in common: They’re breast cancer survivors. Breast cancer is the most common cancer … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Winners and losers — including you, Mr. Mayor — abound in the ouster of Miami police chief | Opinion 

There’s no such thing as shame in Miami politics, only convenience. “No winners or losers,” says in chicken-scratch handwriting an addendum to a set of talking points Miami Mayor Francis … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Hundreds mourn Miya Marcano in memorial service; 19-year-old believed slain by apartment maintenance worker

Miya Marcano, 19, was an active participant in Miami carnival for many years. her family is well known in the Caribbean community in south Florida. After being discovered dead in Orlando on Oct. 2, she will be honored at the upcoming Miami Carnival this weekend. (Spydamanx Media Services/Courtesy) ... Read More