QUESTION  1.  What Cultural issues were considered when drafting the Human Sexuality; Gift and Trust statement? This question is a result of understanding that we live in a world that has been sexualized.  I believe that several expressions of our gender and sexual identity are part of this conversation, whether or not we acknowledge it.  The recognition that many issues are on the table invites each of us to name them specifically, while doing the hard work which will help us respond in healthy ways to the whole challenge. 

Reflections
You mirror the image of the light in me
See my heart gives even when this world takes,
like the leaves from an autumn tree
YOU magnify all that I can be
So that the warmth of the sun’s rays can be felt on imperfections on the surface of my skin
There comes a high, when you high light the light that shines from within their smiles
But behind it we are scared and polished souls soaking in your unwavering love, looking for hope
Yet you see beyond the image that everyone sees
Because you never cease to see through the window of my soul 
The horizons to my shores
Constantly the ocean waves and crashes into my sand castles (sand cast souls)
Because you know that it's your kingdom come not my will that needs to be done
So I run and run until my problems run out before the land that I stand on
Really reality doesn't always happen the way I picture it
But this isn't a picture perfect world where Kodak moments happen in an instance
Yet we plan them like a family vacation 
Now let me parachute into your endless loving arms
So I can feel the hands that hold the skies 
And where your light shines, I will rise I will ignite the night like street lights 
Striving to be all the things that you have called me to be
A mirror a partially shattered one to be exact
​But with you in me I will stay intact.