At Spring Arbor, in Michigan, a Transgender professor was fired for being Trans. Because of this and an enormous outcry from the school for us to visit, we made a visit to the school. The day was filled with many students who were open and affirming and many of them were Queer themselves and had to deal with the school. It was great to see them all get together and I think that our visit helped them become stronger as a group on campus and I hope that they are able to use that in talking to the school about it’s policies.
Tonight, we went to Calvin’s campus and meet our hosts for Tuesday and attend a Sunday worship service. My host is wonderful and the worship service was great. It was filled with lots of music and song and I think that was a good upper for us and what we were about to go do.
We just got back from a vigil outside Cornerstone University that was from 10-1 AM. It was a candle light vigil and after an hour or so a large group of students came over the hill and started to talk to us. It was a beautiful sight and I had so many great conversations and I can’t speak for the other Riders, but I was able to see a few people question where they stood on the issue and they started to listen to me and question what they thought about Queer folk and the bible. It was beautiful to see and I hope that I am able to see them later today as they have had time to digest it.
Photos from tonight and Spring Arbor can be found here.
Love,
Adam