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LGBT evangelical Christians supporting each other to integrate our faith and identity.
Last of today’s 3: Kate
God is love. The kingdom or kin-dom of God is love and involves solidarity and community as God showed solidarity with us.
Emma Lazarus “Until we are all free we are none of us free.”
God is love. The kingdom or kin-dom of God is love and involves solidarity and community as God showed solidarity with us.
Emma Lazarus “Until we are all free we are none of us free.”
January 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Last of today’s 3: Kate
God is love. The kingdom or kin-dom of God is love and involves solidarity and community as God showed solidarity with us.
Emma Lazarus “Until we are all free we are none of us free.”
God is love. The kingdom or kin-dom of God is love and involves solidarity and community as God showed solidarity with us.
Emma Lazarus “Until we are all free we are none of us free.”
Next up: Lamar. The vision in Revelation of what it will be like when Jesus comes again. What will it look like when the kingdom of God comes? Three revivals I want to speak about: the Wesley revival, the abolition movement and the civil rights movement.
January 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Next up: Lamar. The vision in Revelation of what it will be like when Jesus comes again. What will it look like when the kingdom of God comes? Three revivals I want to speak about: the Wesley revival, the abolition movement and the civil rights movement.
Such a beautiful sense of the presence of God in worship at today’s Two:23 meeting. Now to the talks. The kingdom of God is… Our three speakers will share their 10 minute take on the prompt. First up: Esther
January 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Such a beautiful sense of the presence of God in worship at today’s Two:23 meeting. Now to the talks. The kingdom of God is… Our three speakers will share their 10 minute take on the prompt. First up: Esther
Exploring the question: what is the Kingdom of God about? Three amazing speakers, the chance to gather for worship. See you this Saturday. www.facebook.com/share/1B8UXL...
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January 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Exploring the question: what is the Kingdom of God about? Three amazing speakers, the chance to gather for worship. See you this Saturday. www.facebook.com/share/1B8UXL...
Day 24: Jesus
God and baby, human and divine, now and not yet. For literalists, a man with no Y chromosome. For mystics, unknowable intimacy. Bringer-together of heaven and earth. Maker of holy outcasts, water-into-wine, things lost and found.
God and baby, human and divine, now and not yet. For literalists, a man with no Y chromosome. For mystics, unknowable intimacy. Bringer-together of heaven and earth. Maker of holy outcasts, water-into-wine, things lost and found.
December 24, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Day 24: Jesus
God and baby, human and divine, now and not yet. For literalists, a man with no Y chromosome. For mystics, unknowable intimacy. Bringer-together of heaven and earth. Maker of holy outcasts, water-into-wine, things lost and found.
God and baby, human and divine, now and not yet. For literalists, a man with no Y chromosome. For mystics, unknowable intimacy. Bringer-together of heaven and earth. Maker of holy outcasts, water-into-wine, things lost and found.
Day 23: Joseph
Sometimes in life you have to fight for a cause you didn't choose, but through your experiences and deep love for that person, you can share solidarity with them.
As the story unfolds, Joseph's gender role is reversed, taking second place to Mary as Jesus’ mother.
Sometimes in life you have to fight for a cause you didn't choose, but through your experiences and deep love for that person, you can share solidarity with them.
As the story unfolds, Joseph's gender role is reversed, taking second place to Mary as Jesus’ mother.
December 23, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Day 23: Joseph
Sometimes in life you have to fight for a cause you didn't choose, but through your experiences and deep love for that person, you can share solidarity with them.
As the story unfolds, Joseph's gender role is reversed, taking second place to Mary as Jesus’ mother.
Sometimes in life you have to fight for a cause you didn't choose, but through your experiences and deep love for that person, you can share solidarity with them.
As the story unfolds, Joseph's gender role is reversed, taking second place to Mary as Jesus’ mother.
Day 22: Mary
The mother of queer liberation.
She understood what it was to have her expression of family fall outside of the social norms. Her courageous ‘yes’ a decision to embrace a son with two fathers, born outside of traditional marriage.
The mother of queer liberation.
She understood what it was to have her expression of family fall outside of the social norms. Her courageous ‘yes’ a decision to embrace a son with two fathers, born outside of traditional marriage.
December 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Day 22: Mary
The mother of queer liberation.
She understood what it was to have her expression of family fall outside of the social norms. Her courageous ‘yes’ a decision to embrace a son with two fathers, born outside of traditional marriage.
The mother of queer liberation.
She understood what it was to have her expression of family fall outside of the social norms. Her courageous ‘yes’ a decision to embrace a son with two fathers, born outside of traditional marriage.
Day 21: Angels
Every time we meet an Angel in the Bible the first thing they say is, “Do not be afraid”.
Do Angels look absolutely terrifying? Or do they arrive so unexpectedly as to create huge fright and shock?
Every time we meet an Angel in the Bible the first thing they say is, “Do not be afraid”.
Do Angels look absolutely terrifying? Or do they arrive so unexpectedly as to create huge fright and shock?
December 21, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Day 21: Angels
Every time we meet an Angel in the Bible the first thing they say is, “Do not be afraid”.
Do Angels look absolutely terrifying? Or do they arrive so unexpectedly as to create huge fright and shock?
Every time we meet an Angel in the Bible the first thing they say is, “Do not be afraid”.
Do Angels look absolutely terrifying? Or do they arrive so unexpectedly as to create huge fright and shock?
Day 20: John the Baptist
John was one of a kind - an outsider, unconventional, not afraid to stick his neck out and speak truth to power - a Bear Grylls character in the wilderness to whom people flocked - a charismatic celebrity but with a servant heart.
John was one of a kind - an outsider, unconventional, not afraid to stick his neck out and speak truth to power - a Bear Grylls character in the wilderness to whom people flocked - a charismatic celebrity but with a servant heart.
December 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Day 20: John the Baptist
John was one of a kind - an outsider, unconventional, not afraid to stick his neck out and speak truth to power - a Bear Grylls character in the wilderness to whom people flocked - a charismatic celebrity but with a servant heart.
John was one of a kind - an outsider, unconventional, not afraid to stick his neck out and speak truth to power - a Bear Grylls character in the wilderness to whom people flocked - a charismatic celebrity but with a servant heart.
Day 19: Luke 1
Something remarkable happens to Elizabeth. To her husband, too, and he has to find a new way to tell her about it. Within the most conventional (to modern eyes, at least) relationship in the Bible, something extraordinary happens.
Something remarkable happens to Elizabeth. To her husband, too, and he has to find a new way to tell her about it. Within the most conventional (to modern eyes, at least) relationship in the Bible, something extraordinary happens.
December 19, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Day 19: Luke 1
Something remarkable happens to Elizabeth. To her husband, too, and he has to find a new way to tell her about it. Within the most conventional (to modern eyes, at least) relationship in the Bible, something extraordinary happens.
Something remarkable happens to Elizabeth. To her husband, too, and he has to find a new way to tell her about it. Within the most conventional (to modern eyes, at least) relationship in the Bible, something extraordinary happens.
Day 18
Micah 5 : A ruler from Bethlehem
Bethlehem means house of bread and Jesus is the bread of life. A promise of a safe place to be in Jesus. We were, we are and we will always be His.
Micah 5 : A ruler from Bethlehem
Bethlehem means house of bread and Jesus is the bread of life. A promise of a safe place to be in Jesus. We were, we are and we will always be His.
December 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Day 18
Micah 5 : A ruler from Bethlehem
Bethlehem means house of bread and Jesus is the bread of life. A promise of a safe place to be in Jesus. We were, we are and we will always be His.
Micah 5 : A ruler from Bethlehem
Bethlehem means house of bread and Jesus is the bread of life. A promise of a safe place to be in Jesus. We were, we are and we will always be His.
Day 17: Nehemiah
Rebuilding the temple makes me think about how we can sometimes need to rebuild our lives, our faith and our own central identity. Our own bodies as temples, we can need to rebuild for many reasons. Many queer people need to rebuild after coming out.
Rebuilding the temple makes me think about how we can sometimes need to rebuild our lives, our faith and our own central identity. Our own bodies as temples, we can need to rebuild for many reasons. Many queer people need to rebuild after coming out.
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Day 17: Nehemiah
Rebuilding the temple makes me think about how we can sometimes need to rebuild our lives, our faith and our own central identity. Our own bodies as temples, we can need to rebuild for many reasons. Many queer people need to rebuild after coming out.
Rebuilding the temple makes me think about how we can sometimes need to rebuild our lives, our faith and our own central identity. Our own bodies as temples, we can need to rebuild for many reasons. Many queer people need to rebuild after coming out.
Day 16: Daniel
As a teenager, Daniel was exiled from his family and faith community; probably made a eunuch, all his hopes for his future dissolved. He reacted by continuing to pray and to obey God despite threats to his life… 1/2
As a teenager, Daniel was exiled from his family and faith community; probably made a eunuch, all his hopes for his future dissolved. He reacted by continuing to pray and to obey God despite threats to his life… 1/2
December 16, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Day 16: Daniel
As a teenager, Daniel was exiled from his family and faith community; probably made a eunuch, all his hopes for his future dissolved. He reacted by continuing to pray and to obey God despite threats to his life… 1/2
As a teenager, Daniel was exiled from his family and faith community; probably made a eunuch, all his hopes for his future dissolved. He reacted by continuing to pray and to obey God despite threats to his life… 1/2
Day 15:
You can't run away from yourself or God no matter how much you try. Whether it is hiding who you are or not giving the message you are given to spread. Jonah shows there is no way to be fully you unless you are fully honest with yourself and God. For God already knows it.
You can't run away from yourself or God no matter how much you try. Whether it is hiding who you are or not giving the message you are given to spread. Jonah shows there is no way to be fully you unless you are fully honest with yourself and God. For God already knows it.
December 15, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Day 15:
You can't run away from yourself or God no matter how much you try. Whether it is hiding who you are or not giving the message you are given to spread. Jonah shows there is no way to be fully you unless you are fully honest with yourself and God. For God already knows it.
You can't run away from yourself or God no matter how much you try. Whether it is hiding who you are or not giving the message you are given to spread. Jonah shows there is no way to be fully you unless you are fully honest with yourself and God. For God already knows it.
Day 14: Hosea 2:23
“Not-my-people” is the name of Hosea’s child. The labels they were given were symbols of their alienation, but the message of the book is that God changes their name.
“Not-my-people” is the name of Hosea’s child. The labels they were given were symbols of their alienation, but the message of the book is that God changes their name.
December 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Day 14: Hosea 2:23
“Not-my-people” is the name of Hosea’s child. The labels they were given were symbols of their alienation, but the message of the book is that God changes their name.
“Not-my-people” is the name of Hosea’s child. The labels they were given were symbols of their alienation, but the message of the book is that God changes their name.
Day 13
Disappointed, I sat reading the scroll. As a foreigner (& the obvious) I hadn’t even been allowed far enough into the temple to get the answers I wanted. I re-read the passage: cut-off, disinherited, rejected. How could this Isaiah know exactly how I felt?
Disappointed, I sat reading the scroll. As a foreigner (& the obvious) I hadn’t even been allowed far enough into the temple to get the answers I wanted. I re-read the passage: cut-off, disinherited, rejected. How could this Isaiah know exactly how I felt?
December 13, 2024 at 10:52 AM
Day 13
Disappointed, I sat reading the scroll. As a foreigner (& the obvious) I hadn’t even been allowed far enough into the temple to get the answers I wanted. I re-read the passage: cut-off, disinherited, rejected. How could this Isaiah know exactly how I felt?
Disappointed, I sat reading the scroll. As a foreigner (& the obvious) I hadn’t even been allowed far enough into the temple to get the answers I wanted. I re-read the passage: cut-off, disinherited, rejected. How could this Isaiah know exactly how I felt?
Day 12
For starters, Esther is a queer story. A story about God that doesn’t mention God. But Esther’s story is overflowing with queer and marginalised people before she ever appears. Countless objectified women, robbed of agency by power hungry men.
For starters, Esther is a queer story. A story about God that doesn’t mention God. But Esther’s story is overflowing with queer and marginalised people before she ever appears. Countless objectified women, robbed of agency by power hungry men.
December 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Day 12
For starters, Esther is a queer story. A story about God that doesn’t mention God. But Esther’s story is overflowing with queer and marginalised people before she ever appears. Countless objectified women, robbed of agency by power hungry men.
For starters, Esther is a queer story. A story about God that doesn’t mention God. But Esther’s story is overflowing with queer and marginalised people before she ever appears. Countless objectified women, robbed of agency by power hungry men.
Reposted by Two:23
Pretty sure one of the first Christians was the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8.
So: someone probably assigned male at birth but who was not a man but another gender category entirely.
That is, a trans person.
So: someone probably assigned male at birth but who was not a man but another gender category entirely.
That is, a trans person.
December 11, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Pretty sure one of the first Christians was the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8.
So: someone probably assigned male at birth but who was not a man but another gender category entirely.
That is, a trans person.
So: someone probably assigned male at birth but who was not a man but another gender category entirely.
That is, a trans person.
Day 11
Every month when she had her period, she was confined. Closed doors, curtains, close warm air. For the first time in days she felt the sun, the breeze in her hair. Stepping out of clothes to wash she felt free. This was the point when he chose to possess her. Confined.
Every month when she had her period, she was confined. Closed doors, curtains, close warm air. For the first time in days she felt the sun, the breeze in her hair. Stepping out of clothes to wash she felt free. This was the point when he chose to possess her. Confined.
December 11, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Day 11
Every month when she had her period, she was confined. Closed doors, curtains, close warm air. For the first time in days she felt the sun, the breeze in her hair. Stepping out of clothes to wash she felt free. This was the point when he chose to possess her. Confined.
Every month when she had her period, she was confined. Closed doors, curtains, close warm air. For the first time in days she felt the sun, the breeze in her hair. Stepping out of clothes to wash she felt free. This was the point when he chose to possess her. Confined.
Day 10: The question: “Were David and Jonathan Gay?” erases bisexuality as an option. Newsflash: bisexuals exist.
Bathsheba’s story leaves no doubt that David was attracted to women. But when it says “The souls of Jonathan and David became intertwined,” I struggle to believe they were mere besties.
Bathsheba’s story leaves no doubt that David was attracted to women. But when it says “The souls of Jonathan and David became intertwined,” I struggle to believe they were mere besties.
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Day 10: The question: “Were David and Jonathan Gay?” erases bisexuality as an option. Newsflash: bisexuals exist.
Bathsheba’s story leaves no doubt that David was attracted to women. But when it says “The souls of Jonathan and David became intertwined,” I struggle to believe they were mere besties.
Bathsheba’s story leaves no doubt that David was attracted to women. But when it says “The souls of Jonathan and David became intertwined,” I struggle to believe they were mere besties.
Day 9: Ruth's story is a special one for the queer community as it shows how in different stages of our lives we can evolve and grow, sometimes with the love and support from our original family, and sometimes with that from our chosen family - or both!..
December 9, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Day 9: Ruth's story is a special one for the queer community as it shows how in different stages of our lives we can evolve and grow, sometimes with the love and support from our original family, and sometimes with that from our chosen family - or both!..
Day 8: Rahab Joshua 2
At the exact time of celebrating conquering enemies and claiming the promised land, why does this Canaanite sex worker impress so much that she’s remembered in two NT lists of faith heroes and became part of Jesus’s family tree?
At the exact time of celebrating conquering enemies and claiming the promised land, why does this Canaanite sex worker impress so much that she’s remembered in two NT lists of faith heroes and became part of Jesus’s family tree?
December 8, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Day 8: Rahab Joshua 2
At the exact time of celebrating conquering enemies and claiming the promised land, why does this Canaanite sex worker impress so much that she’s remembered in two NT lists of faith heroes and became part of Jesus’s family tree?
At the exact time of celebrating conquering enemies and claiming the promised land, why does this Canaanite sex worker impress so much that she’s remembered in two NT lists of faith heroes and became part of Jesus’s family tree?
Reposted by Two:23
Dear secretly affirming pastors,
It’s way past time to stand up and speak out on behalf of your LGBTQ+ siblings.
I know you have a lot to lose, I’ve been through it all, but it’s nothing compared to the queer lives being lost and further marginalized.
It’s way past time to stand up and speak out on behalf of your LGBTQ+ siblings.
I know you have a lot to lose, I’ve been through it all, but it’s nothing compared to the queer lives being lost and further marginalized.
November 19, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Dear secretly affirming pastors,
It’s way past time to stand up and speak out on behalf of your LGBTQ+ siblings.
I know you have a lot to lose, I’ve been through it all, but it’s nothing compared to the queer lives being lost and further marginalized.
It’s way past time to stand up and speak out on behalf of your LGBTQ+ siblings.
I know you have a lot to lose, I’ve been through it all, but it’s nothing compared to the queer lives being lost and further marginalized.
Day 7: Holy Resistance (Exodus 1)
I love the story of the midwives defying Pharaoh. Shiphrah and Puah rescued baby Moses from the decree of death, and gave us the story of the exodus, the liberation, and the chance to remove our shoes and stand on holy ground.
I love the story of the midwives defying Pharaoh. Shiphrah and Puah rescued baby Moses from the decree of death, and gave us the story of the exodus, the liberation, and the chance to remove our shoes and stand on holy ground.
December 7, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Day 7: Holy Resistance (Exodus 1)
I love the story of the midwives defying Pharaoh. Shiphrah and Puah rescued baby Moses from the decree of death, and gave us the story of the exodus, the liberation, and the chance to remove our shoes and stand on holy ground.
I love the story of the midwives defying Pharaoh. Shiphrah and Puah rescued baby Moses from the decree of death, and gave us the story of the exodus, the liberation, and the chance to remove our shoes and stand on holy ground.