Posts Tagged ‘Racial Justice’
Might This Be Joy? A Witness To Audacious Love
I struggled to write this reflection. The central focus of Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, is the joyful anticipation of Christ’s birth, but how to write convincingly about joy when it eludes me as I wrestle as a single, gay Catholic away from home with the pain of loneliness? The long stretches of…
Read MoreLet The Questions Lead You To Justice
In the wee hours of November 9th, Donald J. Trump became the presumed winner of the Presidential Election. This is an effort that many worked hard to prevent. Many volunteered, canvassed, and even prayed to stop him from making it to the Oval Office. These people understood that the world would be a far more…
Read MoreWhen Politics Gets Personal
Ever since November 9, I have been a in a state of disbelief, not because of the electorate’s decision to select the Republican Party’s candidate, as the President elect, but at the events that have occurred since. There have been a spike in hate crimes, even more divisive rhetoric being spoke and unfortunately there is…
Read MoreMy Hope Is In Us
Advent is the great liturgical season of waiting. We yearn, we search, and we reach out, and we dream of Immanuel who will walk amoung us. We spend much time preparing our homes and our churches for the holiday, and we wait. This season of waiting with expectation is the perfect time to work on…
Read MoreBeyond The Ballot, We Cannot Rest
Daily, we have borne witness to the divisive language and tactics that have been employed during the 2016 Election. I have often had to remind myself: God is still in control and all things happen according to His plan. The 2016 election has reminded me how much further we actually have to go as a…
Read MoreChristians Vote For Immigration Justice
Growing up in the Haitian immigrant community in Philadelphia, PA, I saw so many of my vulnerable neighbors living in fear. They worried, because at any moment their undocumented status might be revealed. For a time, my own family also lived with these anxieties. My mother often worried about her physical safety because she was…
Read MoreChristians Vote For Reproductive Justice
At its core, Reproductive Justice is about autonomy and self-determination. It’s about more than parenting decisions—it’s about trusting individuals and families to make informed and prayerful decisions about their lives. This is why we know Reproductive Justice is an LGBTQI issue! Defined by the Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective SisterSong, Reproductive Justice is “the human…
Read MoreI am Angry, & My Faith Tells Me I Can Do Something About It
I am very angry, and I am usually the consensus builder. The racial tension, violence, and the growing backlash to marriage equality and trans visibility makes the everyday life feels like a powder keg. There needs to be some kind of release from all the pain, anger, suffering and injustice. This summer I reached the…
Read MoreNorth Carolina LGBTQ Faith Organizer Training Postponed
First and foremost, we send prayers of love, comfort, and healing to the family of Keith Lamont Scott and all other families in North Carolina and beyond who have lost loved ones as a result of state-sanctioned violence. As a coalition of LGBTQ affirming people of faith, we are committed to equality and justice for…
Read MoreLamentation From A Tulsa Highway: A Statement On The Sanctity Of Black Lives
As people of faith and leaders of faith-based organizations focused on justice and equality for all of God’s children, we mourn the death of Terrance Crutcher, who died a violent death on Friday, September 16, 2016, Terrence Crutcher was an unarmed black man who was shot dead by a police officer on a two-lane road…
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