But if we allow this part of our Sacred Myth, this part about all of it being God, all God, all the time; if we allow that to be "the greater story that is always happening," imagine how our relationship to this planet and to each other would shift.
Read moreThe Queen is in the Field
There is so much protocol to our traditional prayer, that it is nearly impossible for those not steeped in it to attempt it. We approach the Divine with the same complexity as we would having an audience with Queen Elizabeth: having to be scheduled and presenting ourselves at the right time and place, having to be announced, and then bowing properly and remembering to say "Your Majesty" the first time and "ma'am" every time after. And by the time we have made it through this trial, we can no longer remember what it is we had wanted to say, or we are too tongue-tied to say it.
Read moreNot About Hate (Exactly)
It sounds nice to talk about hate this way; it's nice to convey your values in three words. But hate isn't a thing out there in the world that we can fight. When someone says, "Fight hate," I am really at a loss for what it is I am supposed to do, other than repost the meme.
Read moreGifts of the Queers (II)
We queers have so much to say about love. We know what it is like to risk everything for it. We know what it is like to negotiate love without the crutch of gender roles to fall back on. We know what it was like, for many years, to love without benefit of marriage or any other kind of legal or social recognition. To love despite disapproval. We know what it is like to love lavishly, fiercely, sequentially or simultaneously, without the benefits or constraints of convention.
Read moreWe'll Always Have Paris
Angels, nazirites and the Paris Accords.
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