Much like Pride parade-goers, on the first Pentecost, the disciples are so full of life that they burn brightly with it and shout it from the rooftops. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bgf8f8f8-flat750x075f-pad750x1000f8f8f8.jpg?fit=750%2C1000&ssl=11000750Ariell Watson Simonhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngAriell Watson Simon2025-06-08 01:00:242025-06-06 17:26:10This is Pentecost. This is Pride.
June is a month of rich liturgical feasts with powerful messages for LGBTQ+ people! Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/eucharist-social-justice-index-highlight-image.png?fit=360%2C459&ssl=1459360Francis DeBernardo, Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngFrancis DeBernardo, Editor2025-05-23 01:00:062025-05-22 12:18:40Homily and Personal Reflection Aids for June 2025
A meditation on the Upper Room before Pentecost teaches us in the LGBTQ+ community that the message we preach is not always so easy to practice. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/3A7AA870-6832-4678-A56D-83F94B18B143.jpeg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=110801080Guest Contributorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngGuest Contributor2024-05-19 01:00:232024-05-15 16:11:35Reconciling Radically Inclusive Friendship in the Upper Room
Then the Holy Spirit burst forth—at Pentecost and at Pride. In Jerusalem, the disciples of Jesus spoke in tongues. At Stonewall, the friends of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera threw bricks. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sylvia-and-Martha.jpeg?fit=992%2C749&ssl=1749992Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2023-05-28 01:00:262023-05-27 16:08:17Speaking in Tongues and Throwing Bricks, the Holy Spirit Is Alive at Pentecost—and at Pride
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Brownies.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&ssl=118001200Dwayne Fernandeshttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngDwayne Fernandes2022-06-05 01:00:042022-06-02 16:25:55What About the Brownies?
This speaking in tongues on Pentecost, this difference and diversity, was not greeted with fear but with wonderment and joy. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/pentecost-1.png?fit=496%2C675&ssl=1675496Guest Contributorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngGuest Contributor2021-05-23 01:00:292021-05-21 12:24:05On Pentecost, Welcoming Diversity with Wonderment and Joy
The church at its origins is a community both intimate and universal; diversity is evident from the outset. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Out-of-the-Tomb.png?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=110801080Guest Contributorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngGuest Contributor2020-05-31 01:00:592020-05-31 10:12:20Bishop: Pentecost Reminds the Church That All Are Welcome
Pentecost is the day when the animated, extravagant and flamboyant Spirit of God explodes out into the streets with violent winds and a blazing fire that descends and rests on each and every person regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender, expression, gender-identity or sexual orientation. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pentecost-2.png?fit=769%2C1024&ssl=11024769Dwayne Fernandeshttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngDwayne Fernandes2019-06-09 01:00:062021-02-03 11:05:50PENTECOST: The Animated, Extravagant and Flamboyant Spirit of God
