“To try to define the Divine in human words is a fool’s errand – but luckily for us, God delights in making the foolish wise...”
I wrote and recorded this Affirmation of Faith in a Queer God, with its joyful affirmation of God’s queerness -- from God’s soft spot for outcasts to Jesus’ gender nonconformity -- for my church’s upcoming More Light Sunday service.
More Light Sunday is celebrated by many PC(USA) churches every October on the Sunday nearest to National Coming Out Day, as a chance to celebrate LGBTQA+ persons and lift up how important their full participation in the life of our faith communities is.
I figured I’d share this piece here for two reasons:
First, to invite you to come worship with us this Sunday!
This service celebrating the LGBTQA+ community is at 11am CST on October 11, on Facebook live.
Several really cool people -- Rev. Erin Swenson (who was the first openly trans pastor in the USA), Michael Adee (former executive director for More Light Presbyterians), and Trice Gibbons (on the More Light board for many years) -- will be sharing their reflections in place of a sermon. I’m pumped!
And yeah, my affirmation will be shared :)
There will also be communion, for any who wish to partake -- our congregation does not gatekeep God’s table.
Second, I wanted to let y’all know about my new website, Binary-Breaking Liturgy!!
Its purpose is to share worship materials that use inclusive language for people & expansive language for God.
(Basically, it’s where I’m compiling all the liturgy I’ve written over the years)
I’m gonna start posting some of my poems there too, and all my sermons, just so all that will be finally in one place
You can find the full text of this Affirmation of Faith in a Queer God here.