[god and us]

let them eat cake...

... homemade Italian sour cherry and chocolate cake

[mary]

 "Courage 3.0" by Tim Okamura. Found via a tweet.

For more of Okamura's work:
https://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/tim-okamura-women-of-color-portraits

[what the largest survey of transgender people says about our churches]

Sojourners has posted an article about the findings from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey of 28,000 transgender people, in an article titled "7 Things the Largest-Ever Survey of Transgender People Tells Us About Our Churches."

The focus of their article, as the title suggests, is on the church and faith experiences. Interesting reading ...

Here's the first three things:

1. Most trans people have experienced life in a community of faith.
2. Trans people are afraid of religious rejection.
3. Trans people have a pretty good reason to be afraid.

Read the article here:
https://sojo.net/articles/7-things-largest-ever-survey-transgender-people-tells-us-about-our-churches

If you are interested in the overall survey report, you can get it here:
http://www.ustranssurvey.org/

[saint giles' welcomes...]

A sign outside of Saint Giles' Anglican Church in Cambridge. Photo by Lauren VanderHout.
Used by permission.