Happy Anniversary honey.
It must suck to be married to a blogger.
Normally I would not leverage a personal occasion like this to make a theological and political statement, but with permission from my lovely wife of now 22 years, I want to reaffirm my support of Biblical marriage.* Now, I am not talking about the "traditional biblical marriage between one man and one woman" version that so many faithful Christians lift up as the ONLY expression of marriage that God gives in the Bible; nor am I lifting up any of the other instances of marriage that the Bible shares: ones that include adultery, polygamy and concubines. Oh. My.
- living with gratitude to God for generously and continually creating and re-creating us as individuals and a family;
- listening for the Holy Spirit's guidance, inspiration and movement in our day-to-day actions and our lifelong dreams;
- and leaning on the resurrection promise of Jesus Christ that even out of our worst days when every word is annoying and each gesture irritating, there is new life and hope in the brush of a hand, a playful glance or a loving embrace.
So, to help assuage our grief and/or to celebrate with us, unlike our initial wedding where we did not want ANY presents -- what WERE we thinking -- this time, we want stuff.
- California Faith for Equality [DONATE] - I am on the board of this faith-based organization that is working in the political arena. [Twitter | Facebook | Web]
- Covenant Network of Presbyterians [DONATE] - One of the groups in my denomination that is working toward full inclusion. [Twitter | Facebook | Web]
- We Have Faith: LGBT Clergy Speak Out [KICKSTARTER] - $1, $5, $50 or $1,000. Both the number of backers as well as the amount pledged will help them get to the point of full funding. Every little bit helps as they say. [Facebook | Web]
Thank you.
And here is the video for the "We Have Faith" Kickstarter Project:
*For the record, I actually think that the church should get out of the civil marriage business altogether, but seeing as that prob won't happen any time soon...
This post originally published on www.reyes-chow.com.