Spiritual Affirmation
Printable Worship Bulletin (English). Printable Worship Bulletin (Spanish). Make a donation to Believe Out Loud here. Thank you for celebrating Easter with us!
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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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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…
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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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In Advent, while we await the birth of Jesus, so many things come to life. Lights flicker on trees, wreaths are hung and typical house plants are replaced by festive poinsettias, all seeming to symbolize expectation and arrival, an outward hope. However, the anticipation of a cozy and cheerful holiday is not accurate for many…
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Our devotional provides scriptural excerpts, meditations and prayers for all four Sundays in Advent. We created it with the firm understanding and belief that all people should have access to spiritually affirming texts to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Click here to download the devotional in the language…
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The Creator. Holy Spirit. Great Spirit. Elohim. We abound in gratitude for all gifts of the earth. Thank you for all the love that surrounds us. Thank you for giving us what we need. In everything, in all circumstances, we give thanks for it is the will of the creator concerning us. One mind, one heart,…
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Have you seen our compilation of ten wonderfully and marvelously made people sharing with us how they believe out loud? Believe Out Loud has always been a space of affirmation for LGBT people of faith and their allies. With our “How do YOU believe out loud” campaign, we turn the microphone back to you –…
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“Worlds are turning and we’re just hanging on” – words that resonate strongly these days when every day feels like a game of catch-up – factually, emotionally and spiritually – with a relentless stream of news stories that with a few exceptions mostly elicit feelings of shock, distress, bewilderment and fear. Dear Believe Out Loud…
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In part two of our interview with an LGBT interfaith couple, we explore the open and affirming religious institutions and community spaces where they can express their faith freely. Believe Out Loud accompanied them to an interfaith Iftar, which bridged the spiritual traditions of Islam and Christianity. This interview was recorded anonymously to protect the…
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