A Rainbow Prayer for the Methodists After all the rain A promise written in the sky that violence will cease Love will be covenanted kept and celebrated
A rainbow prayer for the world that the world will call you by your chosen name that your chosen family will be found nestled in sanctuaries you can escape to
when needed
A rainbow prayer for all the children who cradle the wonders of the wonder when they look at the rainbows and see Dreams Wonder and Beauty
Rainbow Prayers Breathing in the Alleluias Even as tears stream down reflecting tiny rainbows of the world as it will be When we all realize
the Fierce and and Wonderfully Made Beauty of the Rainbow
Amen
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Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary those who are represented in the Twilight the Dawn And all of the beautful shades of gray in the world which can contain a rainbow of colors within it.
Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary Those who are both/and The ones who feel at home in the Trans* community and those who are created in the image of God Male and Female
Here’s a prayer for the children Who should be safe in their identity Beloved in their Zir Xyr Eir Full selves Able to Name and Claim Who they are
And yes Use the bathroom Without peering eyes questions or even a second of discomfort Is that not what we want for all of our children?
Here is a prayer for the Nonbinary the ones who understand the importance of a well-placed pronoun those who ones who live bravely in the thin places the in-between for we know that those places are blessed and Holy
You are Holy
Here’s a prayer for the Nonbinary For you are Beautifully and Fiercely made
Don’t let anyone tell you differently
For you are a Child of God Who created you, loves you exactly as you are and calls you by your chosen name Amen.
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“He gets You” is really appropriative, because its more about “He gets me: white, straight, cis, conservative, men”
Whereas Jesus does not say “I get you” Jesus says, “Do you see me” And when people ask, “Where were you” He says “I am among the poor, the immigrant, the forgotten, the widowed, the queer, the homeless, the ones without identification, the imprisoned, the ones your eyes slide over because you have deemed them unimportant, the dispossessed, the naked, the hungry, the powerless, the ones you refuse to listen to…” (Matthew 25) Ministry isn’t even about power, its about something else altogether
You can’t brand Jesus for the masses Because that’s getting the whole message backwards
You can’t erase Queer It doesn’t matter How hard You try With bullying Hate Guns Bonfires And bookbans
Shaming cultures And evil gods Can’t make People “Don’t say gay”
Evidence of “Roommates” Hermaphrodites Two Spirits (don’t appropriate) Third genders And Trans* People Go back to the beginning Of time
And Don’t Get me started On the Bible With the Poly Trinity David & Jonathan Joseph’s Rainbow/Lady’s Coat God’s pronouns Revealed in flames Ruth and Naomi Song of Songs The Eunuch The Bible is Queer
You can’t erase LGBTQIA It Only Gets clarified As time Goes on So YES You have To learn New terms #NotSorry
God I remember–when you came out of the closet– Flaming!
And Moses, said, What are your Pronouns? And God says, I am what I am
And Moses says, Cool, I gotch-you, You’re the God of Pronouns!
And, God says, Good, because I have a feeling, This will get more complicated!
And then People were doing Violence to one another So God turned the World On and then Off again
And sent the animals two by two Upon a boat And hung up God’s weapon, a Bow (that’s an old school gun)
And said, I’m hanging up my weapon, so you will hang up yours As a sign that Love is Love is Love is Love
And Noah said Cool And God said, Cool, Because I have a Feeling this might get misconstrued someday
God I remember when Joseph Draped Himself in a Lady’s Coat
And his bros made fun of him And tried to feed him to the Lions
And God said, Nope, I claim the Queer One And then we “retranslated” it as a Rainbow coat, so no one will understand him as Queer
(And you laughed again God, didn’t you? You mysterious and all knowing I Am)
And then Joseph said what you meant for Evil, God meant for Good No one can take away my God, And God said mmm-mmmmm
And I remember Isaiah, where the prophet saw God, And clearly identified God as multiples, and referred to God as them
And scholars thought up a new word Trinity– And we ignored the singular/multiple thing–and God waited for it to dawn upon us.
And then there was when Ruth declared her love and devotion for Naomi And said where you go I will go, your people will be my people, your God will be my God
And God laughed and said, this will be the foundation text for weddings This found-family declaration between too women, shh! Don’t tell the Conservatives.
And then came Jesus who instructed us, “Care for the Least of these” and “Let no one revile you in my name” and “Welcome the Stranger”
And we nodded along like we knew what he meant and then we disciples whispered among ourselves about exceptions
And God, God you knew You knew. You knew before we knew
You know, the Bible is so Queer; It would not even be the Bible, if it did not include rainbows and flames
It would not be Holy without found families and radical, unconventional love
God only knows, that it is not us who gets to say who belongs to God; it is but our job to practice welcome and hospitality
Someday, perhaps we will get the laughter of angels right
And so Coming Out Day Blessings to those who can celebrate And safe spaces and sanctuary to those who can’t
May those who are Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Ace, Bisexual, Nonbinary, Queer, Androgynous, Demi, Intersex, Questioning, Omnigender, Poly, Pan, and of Two Spirit find the space to be their full self.
And may they scream or yell or ignore or bless God as wish– Because,
Because You are God, and you care to endure all those things when your children have suffered so
May we create a world where Coming Out day that is a true celebration and choice
May all people be celebrated in their fullness we pray–not because of the Bible, but just Because, We pray this together!
Amen.
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