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Believe Out Loud’s First Easter Service
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Read MoreAn Easter Roundtable with our Team
Easter 2020 will be unlike any before it. Churches will be empty; congregations and families will gather over video call. Over the course of Holy Week, the Intersections team would normally be together in our office on 28th Street in Manhattan—the heart of New York’s flower district, which would be overflowing with lilies, tulips and…
Read MoreA Passover Poem
Happy Passover to all our Jewish friends, freedom lovers and liberation seekers! A Passover Poem Moses went down And God wept him awake River water freedom and we all feel it flow Moses stood up And Israelites followed him out What if we all did the same? Gave our River water freedom a chance? Darkness…
Read MoreThe Loneliness of the Cross: Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ in a Time of Pandemic [Audio]
Music credit: “Aspirato,” “Meekness” and “Daedalus” by Kai Engel, used under Creative Commons Attribution License. Transcript: For LGBT Christians who have been separated from their families and worship communities by fear and prejudice, holidays can always be a time of isolation. But now, in this strange Lenten season overshadowed by a pandemic, it seems that…
Read MoreMy Isolation Experience: Anna
Rarely have these words by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., resonated as strongly as in these days of globally experienced fear, trauma and despair: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” In our individual isolation, we – the Believe Out Loud team – want to…
Read MoreConfessions of a Local Pastor
The lead deacon at my church called me several days into our mandated social distancing (I cannot recall which day he spoke to me because all the days blend into one another.) and asked if he could post encouraging words daily on our Facebook page. He commented that he had not seen many pastors or…
Read MoreMy Isolation Experience: Ben
Being confined to a space for an indefinite amount of time can take its toll on one’s perception and spirit. The days blend together; the mind loses track of time. What day is it? I’m not sure, but the sun has gone down at least 14 times now. pngitem.com Along with quarantine’s blur of time…
Read MoreHave Faith
Our outlook may seem dark at times and feelings of sorrow and regret may set in. It may look as if there is no light at the end of the tunnel, but know that the Lord is with you. There are no problems too big for God. Continue to have hope and keep faith. Last…
Read MoreBeing alone with God: Reflections on The Soul of the Stranger
[Above: Joy Ladin reads at the Intersections office on March 10, 2020] On March 10, 2020, Believe Out Loud and Intersections hosted author and academic Joy Ladin in our New York office for a reading and discussion celebrating her book The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. It was…
Read MoreWomen’s History Month: Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow (1973 – ) is a television news host, political commentator and author. She first gained national attention in 2004 after serving as a host on Air America Radio and has since served as a panelist and commentator on a variety of news and radio programs. The “Rachel Maddow Show,” hosted by Rachel Maddow…
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