Personally, I Love That The Pride Flag Is The Rainbow; I LOVE That It's The Same Symbol Used In The Bible

personally, i love that the pride flag is the rainbow; i LOVE that it's the same symbol used in the bible as God's promise of safety to noah. i am reminded of all the queer people of history; i am reminded of lives lived with no sign of land, of people shamed because they loved, killed because they loved, even in the name of God, and with no sign of the world ever getting better. every time i see a rainbow flag, it feels like a sign that the storm is finally passing over.

there are two men in my parish getting married in the cathedral later this year; i can almost see the clouds parting; i am starting to feel the sun coming in.

I do not feel like a sheep of the Good Shepherd, I feel like a semi-feral kitten Jesus got out of a car engine after hours of me running around screaming in the undercarriage and clawing anyone who tried to rescue me.

Trans-inclusive language in religious texts is SO IMPORTANT. There is nothing in some young people’s lives that can either validate or dehumanize them so quickly as how they see themselves represented in the words of their religion.

May all who need to see these words find them.

Recently I realized how easy it was to worship God. Prayer isn't always a woman in her knees, arms lifted into the sky and crying out her love. It can be that, yes, but it doesn't have to be that. Going hiking. A parent kissing their child. Staring at the ocean. A hug from a friend. Watching lighting strike during a thunderstorm. Baking bread. God makes miracles, yes, but you can also find Them just as often in the mundane.

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