Holy One, Today I was reminded again what I keep forgetting. That this kind of Pride, the Pride for which we march, the Pride we celebrate, has an opposite, too. This Pride’s opposite is not humility, it is shame. So we gather and we march and we revel not because we lack humility. But because we stand… Read More
Pastoral is Political: Queer and Holy
On the Sunday of the Pulse nightclub shooting last year, I was preaching at my home church. (I am not the primary pastor.) I am a Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) pastor, so the shooting could not go unremarked in our worship that day in 2016. I breathed deeply, prayed hard, and did the best I… Read More
Friday Prayer: Walking in Pride
Holy One, We who fit in just pink or blue Are finding You in the rainbow of love’s expressions. We who have been comfortable in our binary lives Are learning the beauty of others’ realities. We have failed to listen, Lord. We have failed to welcome them. We have failed to speak up when they… Read More
