Halloween: A Celebration of Freedom and Magic
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Halloween: A Celebration of Freedom and Magic

Every year as October rolls around, you can feel it: the energy building, the anticipation rising, and the glitter levels steadily increasing. Halloween isn’t just a holiday; it’s an event, a statement, a movement—and for the queer community, it’s practically sacred. While some see it as a celebration of paganism, […]

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Hope and Resilience: A Sermon from the Broadway Insights Series
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Hope and Resilience: A Sermon from the Broadway Insights Series

Message One/ Annie Sermon: “Hope and Resilience” Introduction Good morning, dear friends. Today, we gather to explore two powerful and transformative virtues—hope and resilience. In our journey through life, we all encounter seasons of difficulty and uncertainty. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when our present struggles seem insurmountable. But […]

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The Tragic Cost of Rejection: LGBTQIA+ Youth Suicide and the Need for Acceptance
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The Tragic Cost of Rejection: LGBTQIA+ Youth Suicide and the Need for Acceptance

Introduction The issue of suicide among LGBTQIA+ youth is a devastating and urgent public health crisis. Young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual, and others (LGBTQIA+) face significantly higher risks of suicidal thoughts, behaviors, and deaths compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers. […]

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Purity Laws in the Bible: Context, Culture, and Contemporary Applications
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Purity Laws in the Bible: Context, Culture, and Contemporary Applications

The purity laws in the Hebrew Bible, particularly those found in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, have been a topic of extensive theological and cultural analysis. These laws, which governed various aspects of daily life in ancient Israel, have often been misunderstood, misapplied, or disregarded entirely in modern religious practice. To comprehend […]

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The Misinterpretation of Homosexuality in the Bible: A Closer Look at Translation History
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The Misinterpretation of Homosexuality in the Bible: A Closer Look at Translation History

The term “homosexual” didn’t appear in any Bible translation until 1946, reflecting the cultural and political biases of the time rather than the intent of the original texts. This blog delves into the history of biblical translation, the meaning of key Greek terms like arsenokoitai and malakoi, and the ethical implications of misinterpreting scripture to justify modern-day prejudice against LGBTQ+ individuals. By understanding the true context of these passages, we can move towards a more compassionate and faithful interpretation of the Bible.

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The Veil of the Veins
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The Veil of the Veins

Beneath the skin, where shadows creep,Where silent specters nightly weep,There courses through, with muffled breath,A harbinger of quiet death. Oh! How it winds, how it ascends,Through veins and arteries, it bends—Invisible, it takes its hold,More treacherous than tales of old. No cawing raven warns the door,No tempest howls upon the […]

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Fading
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Fading

There’s a quiet in my bonesthat I don’t recognize.A weight beneath my skinpulls me into a stillness I can’t fight. Breath—once a thing I never thought about,now rattles like wind in empty rooms.Each inhale feels like it’s borrowedfrom some stranger’s lungs. My hands don’t answer like they used to,fingers thick […]

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