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Manna in the Ruins

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Might there still be a meal waiting for LGBTQ+ people and allies even in this desert? Read More

Manna from Heaven: The Spiritual Upside to Complaining

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As a gay Catholic, I find the spirituality of a healthy sense of humor perhaps even more essential than my hetero siblings might, and I also learn something ironic from these texts: complaining, within reason, can be a spiritually positive thing. Read More

The Generous Child’s Lunchbox of Five Little Breads and Two Dried Fishes

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Instead of accepting a dystopia of scarcity of goodness around, queer folks have responded by having a sacred queer imagination akin to today’s Gospel story, which we often call “the Five Loaves and Two Fishes,” or a title I much prefer: “the generous kid with a lunchbox of five little breads and two dried fishes.” Read More

Finding LGBTQ+ Gifts at “The Edge of the Inside”

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How often we can, as LGBTQIA+ persons and allies, resonate with this feeling of living on the “edge of the inside”! Read More

Being Surprised Out of Our Fears

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Here is another lesson from queer and trans people of faith, who remain faithful and hopeful despite disappointments, hurt, and rejection: we know that our God is not asleep, that our God is not indifferent to our suffering and our fear. Read More

There Is No “Other” in the Family of God

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The second reading at today’s liturgy reminds me of a coming out journey, like my own and those of others I have walked with. Read More

To Know the Hope that Belongs to God’s Call

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And yet, like many LGBTQ+ people, I sometimes doubt the Spirit, especially when the community does not fully accept me or worse, when the community rejects me. Read More

In Peter’s Declaration, We Learn the True Definition of Allyship

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What if our allyship and activism were instead unwavering, just like Peter’s belief in Jesus? Read More

The Resurrection’s Lessons for Doing Intersectional LGBTQ+ Ministry

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Queer women also deal with a myriad of injustices that only women face. In the case of the ministry mentioned above, located in a country where femicides are commonplace, it's no wonder queer women want to burn it all down. Read More

The Priest Who Made Every Sunday A Pink Sunday

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When Henry embodied the radical welcoming and healing acted out by Jesus, and filled an entire church with it, so many were healed of their hurt. Read More