Open and affirming churches/religions of all types

[Sun]

A UU friend posted this on Facebook today and I thought it would be nice to share





Today for Transgender Day of Remembrance, a special offering to Kwan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, who was born in India as Avalokiteshvara, assigned a male sex, and transitioned to female gender when she traveled to China (which is how she is known in Korea and Japan as well). May 'she who hears the cries of the world' keep all who do not fit into prescribed norms safe and loved today and every day.

[fever]

Sun, this is not only a beautiful picture, it is informative as well. Thanks for posting it.

Originally Posted by Sun

A UU friend posted this on Facebook today and I thought it would be nice to share





Today for Transgender Day of Remembrance, a special offering to Kwan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, who was born in India as Avalokiteshvara, assigned a male sex, and transitioned to female gender when she traveled to China (which is how she is known in Korea and Japan as well). May 'she who hears the cries of the world' keep all who do not fit into prescribed norms safe and loved today and every day.

[EnchantedNightDweller]

Tomorrow I am attending my first MCC service and I am very excited! It has taken me nearly a year to come to terms with the fact that I can be gay and still be a Christian. The circumstances that lead me to this decision are interesting. I had no intention of attending this or any other church for that matter. But after almost attending another event at this church, I began thinking more about it. I believe that God works in mysterious ways.

[MsTinkerbelly]

Originally Posted by EnchantedNightDweller

Tomorrow I am attending my first MCC service and I am very excited! It has taken me nearly a year to come to terms with the fact that I can be gay and still be a Christian. The circumstances that lead me to this decision are interesting. I had no intention of attending this or any other church for that matter. But after almost attending another event at this church, I began thinking more about it. I believe that God works in mysterious ways.

I wish you well in this part of your journey...

[Gayandgray]

We have an MCC church at the beach that we attended a few times years ago. My spouse is Christian but I'm not, so we eventually just quit going. It was real nice though. I have never attended a Unitarian Universalist church but I've always been kinda curious about them.

[JDeere]

Anyone else on here Baptist?

[FireSignFemme]

Originally Posted by JDeere

Anyone else on here Baptist?

On my mother's side both my great and great great grandfathers were Baptist preachers in NC & SC. http://www.reeceschapel.com/ To appease our relatives back east as a child I was sent to every Baptist church in town and the next two cities over. There are so many different types of Baptists within the denomination that you just truly never know what you're going to see at a Baptist church that's new to you until you get there.

One guitar player great with Baptist roots was Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She was born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, AK. Her mother was a preacher for the Church of God in Christ founded in 1894 by a black Baptist bishop named Charles Mason, who encouraged rhythmic musical expression, dancing in praise and allowing women to preach in church. Encouraged by her mother she began singing and playing the guitar as 'Little Rosetta Nubin' at the age of four and was cited as a musical prodigy*.Your post reminded me of her and I thought I'd post it for any Southern Baptists who might be out there.




*Source - compilation wikipedia and guitar world dot com