(DUKE CHRONICLE) — On the way home from church this past month, Jennifer Ingold Asbill’s seven-year-old daughter asked her why their church had rainbow banners strung up on the railings, visible to anyone driving through the thick fog that blanketed downtown Durham.

How does a parent answer that question? The answer involves faith, politics, community, sexuality—not easy concepts for a child to grasp. So Asbill, pastor for children and pastoral care at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church and Divinity '08, replied as honestly as she could.

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