Last night I was invited by PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and Growing American Youth (a local LGBTQ+ youth safe space for the greater St. Louis area) to speak on a panel of religious leaders about our faith tradition’s stance on LGBTQ+ people. I sat alongside the legendary Rabbi Susan Talve, aContinueContinue reading “PFLAG Panel (part 1): Confessions of a Naive Gay Christian”
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The Way of Jesus
Jesus offers a way in this world: Jesus stands before God’s people and declares that the oppressed should go free, the poor should be lifted up. Jesus stands with us in our pain, and offers us a way forward. Jesus stands in the midst of our growing diversity and longs to gather us together. That is a way that we can choose to follow.
Easter: Evidence for Resurrection
God can and does make new life out of the worst of human circumstances.. Life continues to triumph. Love continues to win. Light continues to shine, even in the darkest corners. Happy Easter!
The Darkness Did Not Overcome It.
Sometimes I’m still working out what the Gospel means, but even in uncertain times I know: God’s light still shines.
Mike Angell 