{"id":29578,"date":"2022-05-10T20:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29578"},"modified":"2022-05-10T23:10:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T03:10:45","slug":"queering-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/queering-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Queering Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m unsure as to why Pentecost has to be \u201cqueered\u201d or even exactly what it means, but it is something that, so we are told, is occurring in the Diocese of Huron.<\/p>\n<p>Read all about it <a href=\"https:\/\/diohuron.org\/news\/queering-pentecost-community-and-communion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29579\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost-1024x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost-500x187.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pride-Pentecost.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>As we move through the Easter season and look towards Pentecost, I want to offer a reflection, a \u201cqueering\u201d of the story of Pentecost and what it means for our ideas of community and communion.<\/p>\n<p>Pentecost tells us that we are called to be Christian in community. The earliest converts at Pentecost were initiated into community and participated in community. Community is essential for Christians. It is one of the primary ways in which we are formed, how we discern, and how we enter into relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>Community can be difficult for LGBTQ Christians. Christian communities can fall on a spectrum between affirming to welcoming, tolerant, condemning, or actively hostile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m unsure as to why Pentecost has to be \u201cqueered\u201d or even exactly what it means, but it is something that, so we are told, is occurring in the Diocese of Huron. Read all about it here: As we move &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/queering-pentecost\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diocese-of-huron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}