Scriptural Reflections Archives - Page 18 of 34

Palm Sunday of Jesus’ Passion: The Suffering Servant

March 28, 2021/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

Many LGBTQ people and allies lead lives of hushed fortitude. Their identities remain a secret, and stories of being deserted by family or condemned by religious and secular authorities are all too common. Just like Jesus at his passion. Read More

Fifth Sunday of Lent: i-den-ti-ty

March 21, 2021/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

The human person made in God’s image and likeness has, from the very beginning, been created for relationship: first of all with God, and then with other persons. Read More

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Coming Out Into the Light

March 14, 2021/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

For the Sundays of Lent, Bondings 2.0 introduces new scriptural reflections for LGBTQ people and allies. The... Read More

Third Sunday of Lent: The Foolishness of God

March 7, 2021/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

For the Sundays of Lent, Bondings 2.0 introduces new scriptural reflections for LGBTQ people and allies. The... Read More

Eating in the Land of the Living

February 28, 2021/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Mac Svolos

This year, I ate meat on the first Friday of Lent. Not by accident, like I’d done before. Not justifying it with a technicality (like it was after midnight Friday night when we left the bar, so it was really Saturday). Not feeling out of control, or like I couldn’t stop myself, but on purpose. Purposefully. Read More

First Sunday of Lent: L I F E L I N E

February 21, 2021/1 Comment/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

For the Sundays of Lent, Bondings 2.0 introduces new scriptural reflections for LGBTQ people and... Read More

For Lent, Take a Journey of Scriptural Reflection for LGBTQ People and Allies

February 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Dwayne Fernandes

New Ways Ministry invites you on a Lenten journey of spiritual reflection. Read More

A Year into the Covid Crisis, Is Ash Wednesday Really Worth Marking This Year?

February 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

"Because the crises we face this Ash Wednesday are many and are intense, today feels less the beginning of a new liturgical season than a waypoint marked in a Lent that never ended last year. Introducing new or intensifying existing spiritual practices strikes me as unnecessary, or, if I am honest, just tiring." Read More