In the latest message in the Queer Sermon Series, our very own Co-Director of Community, Jamie Arpin-Ricci, bring us “Beyond the Binaries of Fear”. While it is our shortest sermon to date, these 10 mins pack a punch! “Beyond the Binaries of Fear” Jamie Arpin-Ricci – May 19, 2019 from Generous Space Ministries on Vimeo.
At this year’s 2019 Ontario Generous Space Retreat, Rev. Liz Edman, author, Episcopal priest, and political strategist, knocked her keynote out of the park! Check out the video below for her creative and profound reading of story of the Samaritan woman (John 4) through a queer lens. We suspect you will return to it more…
This is the second post in a 2-part series featuring the voices of a diverse sub-group of folks connected with Generous Space. Some are gay, some trans, some queer, bi, or pan, but they share one thing in common: they tend to be mistaken as straight and cisgender at least partly because of the people…
For today’s Community blog post, we’re excited to feature the voices of a diverse sub-group of folks connected with Generous Space. Some are gay, some trans, some queer, bi, or pan, but they share one thing in common: they tend to be mistaken as straight and cisgender at least partly because of the people they’re…
Small. Plump. Short yellow bill. Grey-brown body. Bold black & white stripes on the head. Sings in short clear whistles followed by buzzy sounds. White-crowned sparrow. I’ve been interested in birds since before I knew I was gay. I’m that girl who lugs around binoculars on walks and stops in her tracks when she hears…
Growing up, I didn’t particularly like my name. I didn’t know many other Wendy-s, and none of the kids in my school shared my name. That made me feel sort of weird and old-fashioned and out-of-place. I wish I’d had the self-confidence to relish being unique, but alas, a lot of my childhood was spent…
For many of us who have gone through (or are going through) the process of coming out, we face a lot of varied and often difficult responses. There are those who will directly and unequivocally question our integrity, our motives, and even the quality and substance of our faith and salvation. There are those who…
On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts written by members of our Generous Space Community. This piece was written by SJ Speer, who lives in Ottawa and is a regular Ontario GS Retreat participant. ——————————– It is estimated that there are only 200 members of the unicorn species…
At last month’s East Coast Generous Space Retreat in St. Stephen, NB, Carly Murphy and LA Henry presented a keynote on the theme of coming out narratives, and the positive and negative effects of the metaphors and language we use. They discussed the drawbacks of the idea of a “closet,” and proposed a new image…
My guess is that many of you, like myself, grew up in Christian environments that suppressed anger. Particularly as children, we received the well-emphasized message that being angry was ungodly, would lead to sin, and had no place in the faithful Christian life. As an adult, I often felt a lot of shame when I…