Like Philip and the other early followers of Jesus discovered, the Gospel is bigger than any one of us, bigger than any one identity. To fully see the beauty of God’s good news, we are going to have to try and wrap our embrace around the whole of humanity. To fully know the love of God, we have to learn to love, learn to be loved by all sorts and categories of peopl
Category Archives: Sexual Orientation
Welcome: A Sermon for Pride Sunday preached at @CCCathedralSTL
Welcome. Welcome. If you sort of cringe when you hear welcome, from me, I understand. I only arrived to St. Louis in January. This is my first Sunday sermon at the Cathedral. Who am I to welcome you? I learned to be careful with the word “welcome” at my previous church in Washington, DC. OnContinueContinue reading “Welcome: A Sermon for Pride Sunday preached at @CCCathedralSTL”
Proud
Spilling beyond the parade route, shaking hands, waving and dancing a sea of purple shirted volunteers, the St. Paul’s Cathedral contingent, made their way down University Avenue in the Pride parade. The message was clear: God loves you, and this church supports the full inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people. It was aContinueContinue reading “Proud”
Identities: the ones we construct and the ones that construct us
The past few days have been the commemoration of the martyrdom of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., here at the seminary. We’ve been talking a lot about race, gender, sexual orientation, and other things that divide us. We’ve been wondering whether we live in a “post-racial America.” One of my favorite professors here,ContinueContinue reading “Identities: the ones we construct and the ones that construct us”
Mike Angell 