Posts by pwsbuilder
This Mental Health Awareness Month, You Are Not Alone
May is Mental Health Awareness month, and there has never been a more urgent time to acknowledge the anxious and weary elephant that is standing in the room – because who among us hasn’t had our mental health tested having just come off the heels of a pandemic? For a time, we didn’t know who…
Read MoreWhere to livestream your worship this weekend: LGBTQIA-affirming churches, mosques and synagogues offering online services
As we all adjust to new routines in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Believe Out Loud is committed to finding ways for our community to continue to be connected to affirming spiritual resources. Houses of worship have transitioned to online-only or hybrid prayer, services, and gatherings. We have gathered below links to free livestream,…
Read MoreThe Greatest Power
The greatest gift God ever gave humankind was love in its many expressions, and the capacity to give and receive love is the richest fulfillment for us. We may not always have felt this way, for many of us were miseducated into believing that our love was shameful. Yet, despite this, the human spirit’s capacity…
Read MoreHappy Pride
After creation was made, God saw that it was good. And considering that queerness has been observed in creation since the beginning, we know that we too, are good in God’s eyes. No mistakes were made. Yes, we are fabulous beings and things are as God intended. This Pride, let us rejoice, for we are…
Read MoreHow to Make a Moment Last Forever
Ever wonder why “time flies” when you’re having fun, but conversely, losing a loved one can feel like the longest moment of your entire life? My heart anguishes for the families and friends of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting who, I assume, are all experiencing the longest moment of their entire lives right now.…
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God loves all LGBTQ+ people. With the Believe Out Loud app, you will have access to blogs, spiritual reflections, research studies, affirming theology, worship resources and more – all created to support queer people in embracing all aspects of their identity and achieving spiritual wholeness, well-being and self-empowerment. We are accessible in places where the…
Read MoreBlessed
Could it be that within the death and resurrection of Christ, was one final parable being left behind for His people to discover? Jesus often used Earthly stories to teach Heaven’s wisdom. He said, “Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies,…
Read MoreStrength
What is strength? Do you think you are not strong because you cry, fall down, or are at times so vulnerable it feels as though you could break at any moment? Well, you’re wrong. Jesus cried in front of everyone because the people He cared about were suffering, but was He weak? No. Jesus fell…
Read MoreThe Altar Call
Before us, is an open invitation. God is inviting us to come as we are – no matter how broken we may be. Jesus is not like the queens and kings of this world. There is no pomp, no decorum, just an open field waiting to be filled with the children of the Lord. As…
Read MoreBeauty for Ashes
Pain was essential to my life. I was birthed through pain. It was my mother’s sacrifice which yielded fruit. Without loss there is no life, but what is lost? Certainly, her own body became my vessel; this revealed that the seed of life was inside her: life inside life. When I was born, I was…
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