According to what we’re told in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian “Old Testament”), Jonathan, a king’s son, loved a man who would become a more famous king, David — and David in turn loved Jonathan. No matter the actual history behind the story, what we’re
Read the rest of the Via Positiva: Cosmic Kindergarten series Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Seventh/Eighth Sundays after Pentecost: He… distributed food among all the people. (2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19) You give them something to eat. (Mark 6:30-44) Our first song is from
Read the rest of the Via Positiva: Cosmic Kindergarten series Jubilee! Circle, Columbia, S.C. Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: I will strike you down and cut off your head. (1 Samuel 17:32-51) Peace! Be still! (Mark 4:35-41) Our first song comes from a
First Reading: Psalm 94 Gospel Reading: Luke 4:18-19 Inclusive Love: Its time has come Given the increasingly strident professing Christian voices condemning same-sex relationships, and LGBT people in general, it is certainly timely and appropriate to honor those who are sinfully demonized and, in one
The resurrection has taken on a new meaning in my life this last year. I have come out of the closet and had to face myself in a new way, and I had been so reluctant and confused about it that it literally took an