Two:23
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LGBT evangelical Christians supporting each other to integrate our faith and identity.
Where there is a pandemic of loneliness we know how to make community and solidarity happens in community. It you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Amen.
January 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Where there is a pandemic of loneliness we know how to make community and solidarity happens in community. It you want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Amen.
We can use our queerness to do something different to the cultures we grew up in. Chosen family is something Jesus valued and promoted, over biological family.
January 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We can use our queerness to do something different to the cultures we grew up in. Chosen family is something Jesus valued and promoted, over biological family.
Vertical relationship that Esther spoke about is important, and so are the horizontal relationships with each other. We may have to divest some of the stuff from our backgrounds, our consumer approach to church and community.
January 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Vertical relationship that Esther spoke about is important, and so are the horizontal relationships with each other. We may have to divest some of the stuff from our backgrounds, our consumer approach to church and community.
Mary and Elizabeth were different ages, life stages, places but came together to support each other in their time of need. There is power where there is unity in diversity. Audre Lorde: there is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not have single issue lives.
January 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mary and Elizabeth were different ages, life stages, places but came together to support each other in their time of need. There is power where there is unity in diversity. Audre Lorde: there is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not have single issue lives.
Would it look like inclusion for people with disability or neurodivergence? The synergy is that when different people come together we are greater than the sum of our parts.
January 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Would it look like inclusion for people with disability or neurodivergence? The synergy is that when different people come together we are greater than the sum of our parts.
What would it look like for us to move into the neighbourhood? We don’t just have good news we are good news. We build communities across racial barriers, we build inclusive communities like this one, we stand with refugees and asylum seekers.
January 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What would it look like for us to move into the neighbourhood? We don’t just have good news we are good news. We build communities across racial barriers, we build inclusive communities like this one, we stand with refugees and asylum seekers.
The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood (John 1 the Message) the expressed communication of God became God in our language. He shared in our human experience including suffering.
January 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood (John 1 the Message) the expressed communication of God became God in our language. He shared in our human experience including suffering.
Mary goes to visit Elizabeth when both of them become pregnant in surprising circumstances. She arrives and Elizabeth said “Blessed is she who believed what the Lord said” Mary gets filled with the Holy Spirit and writes this radical prophetic song we call the Magnificat.
January 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mary goes to visit Elizabeth when both of them become pregnant in surprising circumstances. She arrives and Elizabeth said “Blessed is she who believed what the Lord said” Mary gets filled with the Holy Spirit and writes this radical prophetic song we call the Magnificat.
God loves us and has blessed us so that we can be a blessing to others.
January 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
God loves us and has blessed us so that we can be a blessing to others.
What can we do? Read the prophets and what they have to say about Israel’s greed and live for empire. Talk to our friends, write to our MPs, act individually and collectively where we can. Christians are about a quarter of the planet. Imagine if we cared for the people for whom Christ died?
January 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What can we do? Read the prophets and what they have to say about Israel’s greed and live for empire. Talk to our friends, write to our MPs, act individually and collectively where we can. Christians are about a quarter of the planet. Imagine if we cared for the people for whom Christ died?
We need to be more like John Wesley or William Wilberforce or Martin Luther King looking after the orphan and the widow and the stranger. In medieval times the church was known for caring for the sick and starting hospitals. Do we care for our NHS?
January 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We need to be more like John Wesley or William Wilberforce or Martin Luther King looking after the orphan and the widow and the stranger. In medieval times the church was known for caring for the sick and starting hospitals. Do we care for our NHS?
We have many children in poverty and over 2000 billionaires. We don’t tax billionaires properly, but we’re happy to tax the poor and the church says nothing about it. Why? Is it because we don’t want to give up money and comfort?
January 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We have many children in poverty and over 2000 billionaires. We don’t tax billionaires properly, but we’re happy to tax the poor and the church says nothing about it. Why? Is it because we don’t want to give up money and comfort?
Supposedly Christian countries have been dominant for centuries and what do we have to show for it? The church supported slavery and many unfair policies that led to impoverishment and stereotyping of Black people.
January 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Supposedly Christian countries have been dominant for centuries and what do we have to show for it? The church supported slavery and many unfair policies that led to impoverishment and stereotyping of Black people.
People love money and power more than they love other people. Jesus said it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. As a church how can we share wealth and make sure everyone is looked after?
January 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
People love money and power more than they love other people. Jesus said it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. As a church how can we share wealth and make sure everyone is looked after?
All of these brought us a little bit closer to the kingdom of God and we still need to keep fighting. One of the biggest obstacles is capitalism which increases inequality, leading to violence, poor health and less sense of community. That means dismantling capitalistic structures.
January 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
All of these brought us a little bit closer to the kingdom of God and we still need to keep fighting. One of the biggest obstacles is capitalism which increases inequality, leading to violence, poor health and less sense of community. That means dismantling capitalistic structures.
Even when she finds the garden it still needs work and shaping and recreating.
January 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Even when she finds the garden it still needs work and shaping and recreating.
Jesus gives us metaphors, stories, glimpses of the kingdom, spreading everywhere. It’s a beautiful unknown. Like in “The secret garden” when the robin shows Mary the way to the garden, we find the keys to the kingdom and God shows us the way.
January 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Jesus gives us metaphors, stories, glimpses of the kingdom, spreading everywhere. It’s a beautiful unknown. Like in “The secret garden” when the robin shows Mary the way to the garden, we find the keys to the kingdom and God shows us the way.
What my nana called “that which we call God.” Perhaps we should say “that which we call the kingdom”. We know and we don’t know. Uncertainty and things beyond our understanding, all of these beautiful unknowns can reflect that which we call God.
January 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What my nana called “that which we call God.” Perhaps we should say “that which we call the kingdom”. We know and we don’t know. Uncertainty and things beyond our understanding, all of these beautiful unknowns can reflect that which we call God.
But I find that helpful because as I’ve stepped into my skin as a queer person I’ve found that many more things make sense - that questions more than answers build my faith, that the unknown of God is what makes God God. What Augustine calls “a mystery beyond words”.
January 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
But I find that helpful because as I’ve stepped into my skin as a queer person I’ve found that many more things make sense - that questions more than answers build my faith, that the unknown of God is what makes God God. What Augustine calls “a mystery beyond words”.
John the Baptist knows the kingdom is near but doesn’t say what it is.
Jesus says it’s good news. Different verses have different clues and it’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
Jesus says it’s good news. Different verses have different clues and it’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
January 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
John the Baptist knows the kingdom is near but doesn’t say what it is.
Jesus says it’s good news. Different verses have different clues and it’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
Jesus says it’s good news. Different verses have different clues and it’s like a jigsaw puzzle.
“I don’t know” but I feel the not-knowing is important. Even Jesus says “The kingdom of God is like…” not “The kingdom of God is”.
January 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I don’t know” but I feel the not-knowing is important. Even Jesus says “The kingdom of God is like…” not “The kingdom of God is”.