Sheesh-a! (MOSVIC Movement’s Transition)

At one point in the night, a song was played and the entire room was filled with young people joining with one voice to sing along. I remember having goosebumps and never wanting to leave this place where I felt like such a connected group of people could change the world with their voices.

Read more "Sheesh-a! (MOSVIC Movement’s Transition)"

SYSI Postponement

MOSVIC Movement is not just some giant pity party where we can cry about things that have happened to us and ask others to join us in our party. We exist to empower vulnerable story-telling in the hopes of creating a connected and beautiful mosaic of a people, and I’ve felt like we’re not living up to that vision.

Read more "SYSI Postponement"

SYSI (Lance Hurst)

Sure, they make great claims like, “All are welcome here!” and “God loves everyone!” yet I felt ashamed and afraid in these spaces. The message was clear to me: my attraction to my own gender was not quite ready to be received by all in the church.

Read more "SYSI (Lance Hurst)"

SYSI (Holly Greca)

“Hard as it is for me to admit, I just don’t think of boys the way I am supposed to. I promise I’m trembling as I write these words. Out of all of the anxiety provoking things I have done in my life, this definitely makes my top three.”

Read more "SYSI (Holly Greca)"

SYSI (Liam Neymeiyer)

Even though I knew that I was a boy, I still had to live like the girl that everyone told me that I had to be and as the days dragged on, the more depressed I became as I wasn’t living the life I knew I should have been living.

Read more "SYSI (Liam Neymeiyer)"