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Saturday, April 4, 2026 - Holy Saturday Jordan Morrow LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith   Quote   Holy Saturday is the only time I know for sure that Jesus is near in suffering. As a gay man, I know what it’s like to be crucified by people you love and sit in the tomb with the aftermath.   Devotion   Holy Saturday is the one day that the Church routinely turns it’s face away from. It’s the day that God goes quiet. Jesus was hung on the cross and placed in the tomb. The world just cruc

Friday, April 3, 2026 - Good Friday The Rev. Brian Steele Allied Person of Faith LOVEboldly Board Member   Quote   “God loves you and there’s nothing you can do about it.”   The Rev. Brian Steele   Devotion   About 13 years ago I was sitting in a room with LOVEboldly folks, and it hit me: I am the only straight white male in this room. “Well,” I thought, “this is weird.” Truthfully, as I sat there, I realized what I was experiencing was actually discomfort. For the first time

Thursday, April 2, 2026 - Maundy Thursday The Rev. Morgan Annable Allied Person of Faith   Quote   When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.   If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews so now, I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’   I give

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Trans Day of Visibility Jonathan L. A. Morgan LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith   Quote   “Look at Behemoth, which I made just as I made you; it eats grass like an ox… It is the first of the great acts of God; only its Maker can approach it with the sword… Even if the river is turbulent, it is not frightened; it is confident though Jordan rushes against its mouth...   “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook or press down its tongue with a cord? Can you p

Sunday, March 29, 2026 The Rev. Amy Aspey Allied Person of Faith Quote “The people were hoping he would be a mighty warrior chief, like their ancestor Much Loved One (David), to set them free from the People of Iron (Romans.) But he did not ride a warhorse on that day, as one might expect. Instead, he rode a small, humble donkey colt. He came weeping over the Village of Peace (Jerusalem), but even this could not silence the hopes of the crowd. The people encircle him, front a

The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Executive Director, LOVEboldly Quote “I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” -John 15:5 (NRSV) Devotion Every day I walk past a tree in my neighborhood that shouldn’t exist. It’s rooted in a crack in the sidewalk, no more than three inches wide, surrounded by concrete on all sides. By every reasonable measure, it should have withere

Lis K. Regula, PhD LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of livestock from the herd or from the flock.” -Leviticus 1:1-2 Devotion Parshat Vayikra begins not with thunder or lightning, but with a quiet moment: God calls to Moses from the Tent of Meeting. The Hebrew word vayikra  — “and

The Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” ~Mark 1:35 (NIV) Devotion Sleep o glorious sleep. How I want just one hour more. On this ‘spring forward’ morning of Daylight Savings, I am reminded of all the virtuous exhortations to rise early to pray. Be like Jesus. Rise before dawn, go outside and find a quiet spot to be alone. Pra

The Rev. Lucy Kelly Allied Person of Faith Quote “When what we offer folks is a restricted diet of love and do not provide an equal portion of justice, we are only talking about a partial gospel — not a whole one.” -Emilie Townes, “In a Blaze of Glory” (1995) Devotion Read John 3:17. During an intergenerational reflection event for the play, The Laramie Project , a college student asked a question, “If hate is usually shouted, and love is often a gentle whisper…how do we make

Maggie LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” -Matthew 18:20 (NRSV) Devotion I used to think church had to look a certain way. Pews and steeples, organs and offering plates, people dressed in their Sunday best nodding along to sermons that never quite made room for people like me. For a long time, I believed that if I couldn’t find Jesus in those spaces or if those spaces couldn’t find room for me, then maybe I

Alejandro Rodriguez LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Devotion Ash Wednesday is full of ritual. Taking the palms from last year’s Palm Sunday to create the ashes we mark our foreheads with. It’s a visible sign. It makes a bold statement about who we are as people of faith. The ashes are a sign of repentance and the stance we will take over Lent. As my faith has evolved, I’ve struggled more and more with rituals of the church. I’m having a really tough time connecting. I know a huge pa

Jon Carl Lewis LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses

The Rev. Dr. Sigrid Rother Allied Person of Faith and Pastor Quote “He went on his way rejoicing.” -Acts 8:39 (NRSV) Devotion Labels are everywhere. Labels tell us what something is, or what is inside, or what ingredients are used. Without a label, a clear bottle may be filled with clear water, bleach, or pure alcohol. Labels are important. They help categorize objects but become dangerous when used on people. During the 3 rd  Reich, the Nazi party used more than 30 symbols a

Maritza "Shay" Nelson LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote We, though, are going to love—love and be loved. First, we were loved, now we love. He loved us first. If anyone boasts, “I love God,” and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won’t love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can’t see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both. 1 John 4:19-21 (The Messag

The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Executive Director, LOVEboldly Quote “Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also, the mind of [humans].” St. Teresa of Avila Devotion Catholic Schools Week begins today. This week, an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States and is often celebrated in Catholic elementary schools and high schools with “spirit” events—“Crazy Hat Day” was always my favorite. Not only did I

Sunday, January 18, 2025 Lis K. Regula, PhD LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “So, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what God, God of the Hebrews, has said: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Send forth My people, so they may serve Me! For if you refuse to send forth My people, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. They will cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the ground. They will consume th

Sunday, January 11, 2026 The Rev. Dan Clark (he/him) Allied Person of Faith Quote “Completely illusory!” says Qoheleth. “Completely illusory! Everything is just an illusion!” I, Qoheleth, was ruler of Israel in Jerusalem. I saw it as my duty—aided by Wisdom—to determine all that is accomplished under the sun. What a heavy task God has laid upon us! So now I’ve seen all the works that have been done under the sun and let me tell you: Everything is but a mist of air, like chasi

Sunday, January 4, 2026 NV Gay (they/she) LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith LOVEboldly Board Member Quote How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” ~Isaiah 52:7 (NRSVUE) Devotion Reflecting upon Isaiah 52:7, I am often drawn back to my youth—sitting in an evangelical church, hearing how we are to be “soldiers of Christ.” This verse was often used to rally evang

January 1, 2026 - New Year's Day Greg LGBTQIA+ Person of Faith Quote “See, I am making all things new.” ~Revelation 21:5 (NRSV) Devotion There’s something both terrifying and exhilarating about a blank calendar. All those empty squares stretching out before us, waiting to be filled with appointments, celebrations, heartbreaks, and ordinary Tuesdays. On New Year’s Day, we stand at a threshold, caught between what was and what might be. For many of us in the LGBTQIA+ community,