Authentic faith doesn’t ask you to smile and pretend everything is okay when it’s not.
God Asks Us to Choose Hope over Despair

Authentic faith doesn’t ask you to smile and pretend everything is okay when it’s not.
If Joseph was alive today, might Joseph identify as gay, or bi, or trans or queer? What if young Joseph asked Jacob for a princess dress? And what if Jacob said yes? What if Jacob responded with affirming and lavish love?
https://youtu.be/b_dkAcvaiBw Holy Communion UCity · The Rev. Mike Angell: Wrestling With God Here’s a thesis: the Bible's endurance comes from its mystery. These Genesis stories were told for hundreds of years before every being written down. The stories are probably close to three thousand years old. They were campfire tales, told and refined by storytellers … Continue reading Wrestling with God