As a non-religious person descended from Mennonites, I felt something strong when she said: > I have always believed that one of the great arguments for being

As a non-religious person descended from Mennonites, I felt something strong when she said: > I have always believed that one of the great arguments for being part of a collectivist Christian tradition is their willingness to do voluntary, gruelling manual labour and call it love. However, I was disappointed that the piece concluded in an evangelical call to action, littered with evangelical buzzwords I've heard a hundred times: > ... tremendous opportunity ... foster community ... in the midst of this fear of our own vulnerability ... Our neighbours ... needing language for the pain ... searching for meaning ... tell them the truth As a transgender person, I know that the community they want to foster comes with way too many conditions.