Orlando

It has been 6 days, and words still feel inadequate. 

To my LGBTQA+ friends I want to say, I am sorry. I am sorry for the times I have been too afraid to stand up and declare you are a beloved child of God. 

I am sad that a place of refuge and safety became a place of bloodshed and fear. 

I am angry that I am a part of a denomination that continues to reject LGBTQA+ people as fully beloved.