8/9/2023 0 Comments Ask pastor john trinity![]() And I apologize in advance for whatever I get wrong. Let me try to explain for those of you who are new to this and may be even more confused than me about it all. I have been confused and frustrated by all of this pronoun stuff lately. Since June is PRIDE month and since today is Holy Trinity Sunday, I hope where I’m headed with all of this is as practical as it is holy … because I have a confession to make: And I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately where pronouns for gender non-conforming, non-binary, and transgender people in the LGBTQ+ community are concerned. Even though I rarely correct people, relatively speaking, I’ve probably said that about a million times in my life.)Īll of this is to say, I have some history with the significance and importance of getting someone’s name right – or not – and wondering about why that matters, if that matters, should that matter, DOES that matter. ![]() Unless someone cares enough to ask about getting it right, we will be the HAVELs without incident, injury, or offense. I was actually just joking with my son’s new tennis coach, who was asking how to pronounce his name, that there could very well be people in my congregation who don’t know how to say my name because everyone just calls me “Pastor Mark.” And we’re fine with it. On the first day of school (“Hall, Hamilton, Harris, HAVEL …”) Making introductions at Synod Assembly (“Pastor Mark HAVEL, from Cross of Grace, New PaleSTINE…”) Every announcer at every baseball game ever… (“Batting for the Dragons, “Jackson HAVEL or Max HAVEL…”) 99% of the time strangers mispronounce my last name – and have – for as long as I’ve had it. ![]()
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