Regina Heater

Whatever we encounter, whomever we meet, may Grace be our guide. May we find the courage to make our lives and our loves a blessing. May we rest in God’s peace this night. #SlateSpeak

Share a good word/benediction with one another #SlateSpeak friends. <3

When #SlateSpeak started, no one thought you could build community on Tw. And if you did, it would be short-lived, no more than year. And yet, where the Divine is, & willing hearts... miracles. Thanks for believing in the dream, @crazypastor .

I'm thinking of Acts. In the beginning they were such a hot mess, trying to find their way, but they did it together. We at #SlateSpeak really found our way from an actual blank slate, creating community.

Also, confidence in my call. Being a #SlateSpeak mod was a consistent reminder to me of my call to hear people's stories of how they encountered the Divine.

@crazypastor The knowledge that while presence does make a community, it doesn't need to be presence in a pew. #SlateSpeak

I have appreciated how flexible & adaptive #SlateSpeak has been in participation & in leadership. A model for how we might do community on the interwebs and in the flesh.

@revjenn @crazypastor I remember one of the first #SlateSpeak that there was, that I wandered into... were we reading a BBT book about darkness?

@crazypastor And it feels like yesterday! Remember when we use to do #slatespeak while being in the same room?

@crazypastor Coming at ya'll from a comfy chair in northern NJ, deeply grateful for all this #SlateSpeak community has brought through the years.

I made it, I made it! #SlateSpeak

That theme music is a dopamine HIT! #KnotsLanding

@Raine_Wilson HOORAY!!!

Pray Today For: Rural Health and Community Development Project of Clara Swain Hospital, Faridpur, India

@intersectionist This so disheartening. And disrespectful in so many ways.

@tarabarnes @umjeremy That’s exactly what I was thinking when I listened to this a week ago. She certainly didn’t want me under her “big tent” and was fine with pushing us Queer folk out. SMDH.

#UMC traditionalist Dixie Brewster: “I want my kids and grandkids to be Christian and to follow Jesus…and that's what's most important.” Interviewer: “How would you feel if those kids or grandkids ended up in [the United] Methodist Church?” DB: “I would be very disappointed.”

Among the things we just passed: • removal of penalities for performing queer marriages • removal of language condemning queerness in candidates for ministry • a new social principle on gun violence #umcgc

@JessBScott Amen. <3

In an emotional morning, General Conference has eliminated the ban on “self-avowed practicing” gay clergy. Following the vote at break, delegates and observers sang hymns in joy. buff.ly/4aWEW5D #UMCGC