![]() However, I have encountered many persons who have shared with me their life successes, stories and struggles as they attempt to make sense of who they are. Over two decades ago, if someone had asked my opinion on the phenomenon of fluid gender awareness, I would have opined that such a phenomenon was either immoral or disordered. Like all living traditions, it must grow. Yes, the church locates its teachings on a tradition. I am using vulnerability to shed light on the fact that one does not always have a clear understanding of how God manifests God in the unfamiliar. ![]() Vulnerability is a legitimate response to the invitation to encounter God. It is from that locus of the God-beyond-reason that God invites all to reorient themselves away from the logic of the head to the illogicality of encounter. Conversion is rooted in God's invitation to us to encounter a God-beyond-reason. ![]() Too often, we think of conversion as something that orients us to a type of truth that derives its validity from a logical argument. It commemorates the conversion of Saul, who later became Paul, the great apostle to the gentiles. ![]() The date of the release of the policy is significant. 25, Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, released a policy directing Catholic institutions in his archdiocese to interact with young people on the basis of their "biological sex identity, rather than self-perceived gender identity." ![]()
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