As we have been reflecting on our Zoom gatherings during the pandemic, we have not taken for granted the vulnerability, honesty, and creativity that we have shared and continue to share. Our time together has been such a surprising gift in a world that feels as if endless screen time is our eternal future. We have something we want to share with you that is a result of our time together since March of 2020.
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In a pandemic world, what is the point of something like Lent? Should we keep it around? It feels like many of us have been living our own Lenten reality for the last year. We’ve all given up more than we care to remember. The thought of listening to another voice tell us what we can and cannot do seems off-putting at best, and even offensive.
Perhaps.
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Sitting on the couch together that night in early March trying to determine the specifics of an effective quarantine, we had no idea what a COVID-19 future held. Trying to keep our relational and emotional lives intact while also keeping our communities safe was daunting and essential on both counts, yet even still there was no way to anticipate the ensuing four months.
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Listen to the audio recording of Gabes Torres’ talk on de-colonialism from our November gathering.
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I spent a weekend full of LGBTQ+ Christians and their allies; full of hands raised and songs sung; full of tensions struck, some resolved and some suspended; the bread and the cup offered freely to those who know the bitterness of rejection and the sting of betrayal. I watched as the presence of people of color, trans and non-binary folx posed a needed challenge to the norming of the White Cis-Gender Gay Male; and all the while we were thrust over and over into the middle of a perennial debate: what does the Bible say?
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