Gospel of John Archives - New Ways Ministry

Imagining the Feminist and LGBTQ-Affirming Sacramentality of a Synodal Church

October 21, 2023/5 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Same-Gender Blessings, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Barbara Anne Kozee

My image of a synodal church, however distant it may be, includes women preaching and ministering the Gospel during the blessing of LGBTQ marriage. Read More

The Samaritan Woman, LGBTQ+ People, and the Synod

October 12, 2023/3 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Was Radcliffe using coded language to describe LGBTQ+ experience? I don’t think so. I think that if he wanted to make a point about LGBTQ+ people, he would have done so much more plainly. Read More

When Our Plans for Christian Living Meet Life’s Messy Reality

June 4, 2023/7 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just give up our penchant for judging people, especially people whom we really don’t even know? Read More

Knowing the Divine in the Trinity and Queer Time

May 7, 2023/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

I think this “neither here nor there,” non-linear approach to time has important meanings for how we are to live as Catholics, and I think that Queer Catholics are particularly knowledgeable of this way of living. Read More

Hearing the Voice of Jesus in a Church that Excludes

April 30, 2023/6 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality /by Mark Guevarra

Trying to hear the voice of Jesus is difficult as a Catholic and even more difficult as an LGBTQ+ Catholic. It’s nothing short of a miracle that LGBTQ+ people remain in the church. Read More

Do You Realize What I Have Done For You?

April 6, 2023/3 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

Far too many individuals and groups of people, like LGBTQ+ folks, do not experience church as a place where that foundational Last Supper example that Jesus calls us to follow is practiced. Read More

“The Holy Spirit Will Teach You Everything”

May 22, 2022/2 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Yunuen Trujillo

It is not a matter of if the Church will one day fully celebrate us as Children of God; it is a matter of when. The Holy Spirit cannot be contained. Read More