Today, I had the honor of giving the opening prayer at my notoriously uptight town’s first pride event. I live in Simi Valley, home of the Rodney King verdict. I will probably get into my theology about how I feel the LGBT+ community in later posts.


Here is the prayer that I wrote:
Dear Holy One, we are all bonded as one. We know that you see us as one. We know that you love us as one. Help society recognize that you love all. Continue to pave these roads so that those roads traveled in the future are smoother. Everloving one, please guide us. Your Word says that you are love and where there is love there can only be peace. We thank you for the love that you have brought us today. We thank you for the love that you will bring us tomorrow. Amen.

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Allow me to introduce myself to you. I am Daniel DuBay. Currently, I serve as vice moderator at a liberal church. I also teach Sunday school. I am a member of the United Church of Christ and am proud to have a hand in a social justice church. I serve on the local interfaith chapter and am the face of an LGBT+ ministry of my church, despite being a cis-gendered heterosexual.
You can read all about my faith journey here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2UWpJE0BStWrvOGCI6OBbkcIC1fd4vJVZ1TVTx75W_l-A0LYh_2qCoUW-uSRPfDmrWl3R78K-61MK/pub

I started this website because for the longest time I struggled to blend my punk culture with my faith. This is my outlet for it. By sharing my journey with you, I want to show you that it is possible to be both punk and a christian.

2 My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way, 3 for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure. 4 Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

James 1:2-4 Good News Translation (GNT)