After watching Happiest Season last week, I found that movie to be more of an advent movie than a Christmas Movie. Upon further reflection, I found that the lived experiences of LGBTQIA2+ peoples enflesh the themes of Advent (Hope, Peace, Joy, & Love) and the themes of Epiphany (Speaking out and persevering).
For more formats and information on this sermon, check out my website.
--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
Video, ASL interpretation, and more available on my website.
--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
A quick update on the future of this podcast feed.
--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
We continued our Advent conversation into the 12 days of Christmas. On 12/27, Molly Koerber joined to talk about how the LGBTQIA+ community embodies the Christmas theme of Speaking Out.
Book mentioned during our conversation: Queer Virtue by Rev. Liz Edman
Original video
Recording with autogenerated captions
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
We've been discussing each week how the candle themes of Advent are embodied by the LGBTQIA community. I was joined by Karen & Susan on 12/20 to discuss Love.
The original recording is available on Instagram.
A copy of the video with auto-generated captions is available on Facebook.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
I was joined by the amazing Carly Aughenbaugh for a difficult conversation about joy.
The original recording is available on Instagram.
A copy of the video with auto-generated captions is available on Facebook.
Also a few links from this discussion:
Opening Poem: https://enfleshed.com/.../now-is-not-a-time-for-rushing...
Updated Mary Did you Know: https://youtu.be/gIOnze1N3XQ
The Words of Her Mouth: https://bookshop.org/.../the-words-of-her.../9780829820249
This Time of Year by Rhys Lewis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuqO_120gyA
Closing Prayer: https://enfleshed.com/pages/advent-wreath-litany
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
This conversation was recorded initially on 12/6/2020 on Instagram live. Jules Barton joined me to talk about how we see peace embodied by the LGBTQIA community.
Original video Recording
Recording with autogenerated captions
More about Jules
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
Iris and Tori Saunders joined me for a conversation about how the LGBTQIA embody the advent theme of Hope.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message
After watching Happiest Season, I found that movie to be more of an advent movie than a Christmas Movie. Upon further reflection, I found that the lived experiences of LGBTQIA2+ peoples enflesh the themes of Advent (Hope, Peace, Joy, & Love) and the themes of Epiphany (Speaking out and persevering).
So I spent most of a day reaching out to dear friends to join me for a weekly IG Live series (8 PM). I know that I will greatly enjoy these conversations and I hope that you will too.
Here's the schedule:
the 11/29 - Hope with Iris and Tori Saunders
12/6 - Peace with Jules Barton
12/13 - Joy with Carly Aughenbaugh
12/20 - Love with Karen Collins and Susan Walters
12/27 - Speaking Out with Molly Koerber
Week of Epiphany - Perseverance with Naomi Bonnin
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mx-yost/message