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Calendar.
November 14. Gerry returns to Chicago from Honolulu
November 15. Edgewater Mutual Aid Network
November 16. Harvest Celebration at Edgewater Presbyterian Church
Announcements.
Gerry became President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club on July 1, 2025.
Gerry was appointed to the Chicago Presbytery Assembly as Elder Commissioner.
For business related to the former publications Gay Chicago Magazine, Chicago Phoenix, and Opus Media, please refer to legal counsel.
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Reflecting on the white-bias of ordination exams
The inquirer we met with today has already shown clear evidence of call through faithful service, pastoral presence, and deep care for community.
Lack of prophetic voice on Gaza by Protestants repeats Pope’s silence during Holocaust
The Vatican got it wrong during World War II. Are we mainline Protestants repeating history with our lackluster messaging about Gaza and Trumpism?
Next Chicago archbishop is important to Protestants, too
I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.
‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ embodies my own complicated faith and theology
This 1991 film about friendship, food, and small-town Alabama perfectly shows the kind of Christian love that shapes my faith, despite its complex background spanning different spiritual traditions through the generations in my family in the far-off Ilocos and Hawaii.
Where decisions are made, representation matters
When those sitting at the table come from similar backgrounds and hold similar assumptions, we risk falling back into old patterns.
Evangelicals want Trump to attack Iran to bring Jesus back; Presbyterians disagree
As the Declaration of Faith reminds us, “We do not know when or how the final redemption of creation will be achieved. But we know that God will win.”
Famine is politically-willed manmade hunger; famine in Gaza is our sin
This is death by policy. Death by blockade. Death by indifference. And famine is always manmade.
An atheist brought me here; from altar boy to PCUSA presbyter
One of the most pivotal turns in my religious life didn’t come from a priest. It came from a section in our AP European History textbook, taught by an atheist, Darlene Pang.
Reconciling my indigenous beliefs with being a Church presbyter
My ancestors were told that their gods, their rituals, their ways of relating to the land were evil—and they were punished for honoring them.
Recent writing.
this is an lgbt safe space
Please support: Lambda Legal GLAAD It Gets Better The Trevor Project
black lives matter
Please support: Black Lives Matter NAACP Color of Change
Gerry is Chicago Health Care Hero 2020
Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. He’s even successfully done this through two stays in the ICU at the hospital.
As of August 8, 2025, Gerry has read 1,578 days in a row or 227 weeks in a row, non-stop.