A Queer Theology of Trinity
/On this Trinity Sunday, Pastor Ben Conachan uses the lens of queer theology to consider the Trinity, as we discover God overturning boundaries and inviting us into the strange and unexpected depths of Divine Love.
Sermons at Pearl seek to engage the ancient stories, poems, and letters in the Bible through imaginative oration that rouses our wholeness as human beings. The act of the sermon at Pearl is space to ponder the sacred, opportunity to consider the mystery and love of God, and provocation to slow down, to think deeply, and to be stirred and inspired to bountifully live.
On this Trinity Sunday, Pastor Ben Conachan uses the lens of queer theology to consider the Trinity, as we discover God overturning boundaries and inviting us into the strange and unexpected depths of Divine Love.
Epiphany celebrates the light of Christ revealed to all people. However, we are preconditioned to notice those who are strong, affluent, beautiful, and victorious. This is true not only for how we see the world but for how we read the Bible. This sermon series intends to help us see and appreciate the marginalized in scripture. By being challenged to notice and to compassionately understand those with little to no voice in the Bible, it’s our hope that these skills can be applied to compassionately see the marginalized all around us, so that, in the spirit of Epiphany, we may be able to celebrate the light of Christ shining through the “other.”
In Epiphany the church basks in the light of Christ revealed to us. Yet simultaneously we live in a world divided by difference, riven by power structures that alienate and marginalize. To our surprise, the light of God shines upon us from the other, as God listens attentively to the voice of cries from the wilderness. In showing his mercy to the oppressed, God is revealed to them in ways the powerful do not know, so that our salvation is wrapped up into listening to their voices.
This sermon series situates us as attentive listeners to theological voices that cry out from the wildernesses of oppression and injustice in our society. After laying a theological groundwork for attentive, non-reactive listening to marginal experiences of God, we will train our attention on three voices that are too often diminished at the table in American Christianity. Across the power-divide of race, we will hear the witness of black theology to the God who liberates. Across the power-divide of gender, we will hear from feminist and queer theologians who witness to the God who overcomes binaries. And across the power-divide of class, we will listen to Latin American theologians who discover the preference of God for the poor.
Pearl Church is an open, inclusive, progressive church in Portland's Pearl District. We worship together on Sundays with programs for kids, youth, and adults.
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