Christianity

A day of remembrance for victims of covid-19.

A Day of Remembrance for Victims of COVID-19

By pwsbuilder / March 14, 2021 / Comments Off on A Day of Remembrance for Victims of COVID-19

March 14, 2021, marks the anniversary of the first confirmed death from Covid-19 in New York City. Today is a city-wide Day of Remembrance, honoring our thousands of fellow New Yorkers—frontline and essential workers, family, friends and neighbors—who have been lost this past year. Join Intersections for a service honoring these lives, featuring voices of the Collegiate Church…

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For they know not what they do.

“For They Know Not What They Do”: Re-examining the tenuous relationship between the LGBT and Christian worlds

By pwsbuilder / July 8, 2020 / Comments Off on “For They Know Not What They Do”: Re-examining the tenuous relationship between the LGBT and Christian worlds

In 2007, the sitting President, George W. Bush, was an evangelical Christian Republican who professed the belief that marriage “is between a man and a woman,” and had in recent memory backed a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage at a national level. President-to-be Barack Obama, an upstart liberal Democrat, would soon state on…

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An Easter Roundtable with our Team

By pwsbuilder / April 10, 2020 / Comments Off on An 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…

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The loneliness of the cross meditations for the seven last words of christ in a time of pandemic.

The Loneliness of the Cross: Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ in a Time of Pandemic [Audio]

By pwsbuilder / April 8, 2020 / Comments Off on The 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…

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Pope’s Damaging Message To Transgender Teens

By pwsbuilder / March 12, 2019 / Comments Off on Pope’s Damaging Message To Transgender Teens

Pope Francis’ long-awaited apostolic exhortation—“Amoris Laetitia,” or “The Joy of Love”—was released earlier this month. The good news is that Pope Francis urges church leaders to be pastors rather than church bureaucrats. The request wasn’t surprising because Pope Francis immediately taking the reigns of the Catholic Church displayed a pastoral countenance to his papacy. Pope…

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God is love, santa fe, california.

“I’m Sorry”: God Adores You

By pwsbuilder / March 12, 2019 / Comments Off on “I’m Sorry”: God Adores You

Someone on twitter recently asked me how I defined courage. I sat in my room turning the question over and over in my mind, but then I responded with “Courage is being able to step onto the stormy waters, despite your fear, when Jesus calls.” I felt Jesus calling this past week and I was…

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This Is Not The Progress I Wanted: A Queer Christian Defends Diversity

By pwsbuilder / February 12, 2019 / Comments Off on This Is Not The Progress I Wanted: A Queer Christian Defends Diversity

Same rights, same love, same values: this mantra is repeated across our movement as we work to claim space for LGBTQ people in an exclusive society. In a society that meets nonconformity with violence, it is no wonder we want to blend in. But if equality is earned through sameness, how can we answer to folks…

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A group of people waving rainbow flags in front of a bus.

Reclaiming Our Christian Faith

By pwsbuilder / January 15, 2019 / Comments Off on Reclaiming Our Christian Faith

Last week, our hearts were broken for an eight year old Virginia girl who was shamed and excluded by her Christian school because she does not dress and act enough “like a girl.” The same day, World Vision announced they would hire individuals in same-sex marriages—a decision they reversed after merely two days with an apology…

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4 Things The Catholic Church Can Do To Change Their Relationship With LGBT People

By pwsbuilder / January 15, 2019 / Comments Off on 4 Things The Catholic Church Can Do To Change Their Relationship With LGBT People

do better. do better again. try harder. get it together.

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Thinking Out Loud

By pwsbuilder / January 15, 2019 / Comments Off on Thinking Out Loud

Asbury Park, New Jersey where I live, is today covered with snow, followed by rain that is turning into ice. The weather outside has given me the excuse to do what I do with some frequency; “Thinking Out Loud”. An article in today’s New York Times; “Part of Kentucky Marriage Law Overturned” has attracted my…

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