The state of love-filled delight in possibilities and eager joy at the prospect of actualizing them is known in Buddhism as bright faith. Bright faith goes beyond merely claiming that possibility for oneself to immersing oneself in it. With bright faith we feel exalted as we are lifted out of our normal sense of insignificance, … Continue reading Born of Bright Faith
The movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer recognition and civil rights has created monumental change in the world, and every June we lift up the history and stories of the LGBTQ+ ancestors who made Pride Month possible and allowed descendants to live more comfortably in their own bodies and in their own desires. … Continue reading “What Does That Mean, Anyway?”: Faith and 21st Century Queerness
The light at the end of 2020. Here’s the question, if light is coming towards us, is it a good thing or a bad thing? Would it be the light of better days, or of an angry mob of polo shirt wearing white supremacists? The open-endedness of the pandemic as well as the other stresses … Continue reading The Light at the End of 2020
