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  • A large trans flag is held aloft at the 2019 Rally to Protect Trans Health, at the White House, Washington, DC.
    Deciding to Build
    From WorshipWeb
    The first time I was told that I was too queer to be a congregation's minister, they asked, "What will the neighbors think?,” as if it were the most...
  • A mountainscape of evergeen trees dusted with snow.
    In Celebration of the Winter Solstice
    From WorshipWeb
    Do not be afraid of the darkness. Dark is the rich fertile earth that cradles the seed, nourishing growth. Dark is the soft night that cradles us to rest.
  • There Is No Easier Way
    From WorshipWeb
    I once saw a little sign, carved in wood, that read, “There is only the hard way.” Many of us have been harmed by theology that told us that suffering...
  • On a wooden surface, tiny antique bottles -- as if herbs or chemicals -- with labels in calligraphy.
    For the Sake of the Common Good
    From WorshipWeb
    Although the German word Giftschrank sounds like a quirky holiday tradition, the term is really a combination of the words poison and cabinet.
  • Two open hands, palms up, pin the stem of a small yellow flower.
    All of Us Love Poorly Sometimes
    From WorshipWeb
    The work of forgiveness is so challenging—the actual work of it. The naming, grieving, empathizing, releasing. It’s like a death. A death of what we...
  • A circle of people, from above, with hands extended into the center of a circle.
    Connection as Resistance
    From WorshipWeb
    In her 1975 theological treatise Suffering, German liberation theologian Dorothee Söelle* examines the ways that suffering can knit humans beings closer...
  • In an outstretched palm, star-shaped glitter sparkles
    The Wellspring of Moral Action
    From WorshipWeb
    The wellspring of decency is loving this life in which people die, people suffer, there are limits, and we make mistakes. The wellspring, then, of moral...
  • Over the heads of people at a protest, a sign on white posterboard in black marker: "White supremacy is terrorism."
    On White Supremacy Culture and Why I Use These Words
    From WorshipWeb
    A common "issue" in anti-racism work is the use of the term culture of white supremacy or white supremacy culture, which many people view as charged,...
  • Leaning wooden fenceposts with wire fencing attached.
    Spiritual Theft
    From WorshipWeb
    Non-Indigenous people who seek to reconnect with the earth must be wary of the dangerous problem of spiritual theft....
  • A shower of water falls on seedlings from the spout of a watering can.
    All Water Is Connected
    From WorshipWeb
    In our water ritual, we bring water from the places we live or the places we may have visited and pour it in one container. All of the water mixes...