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Sunday, December 14, 2025 - Third Sunday of Advent The Rev. Julia Joyce-Miesse (she/her) Rector, St. Luke Episcopal Church Queer Christian   Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. (Philippians 4:6)   I was recently in a local coffee shop and overheard a conversation of someone coming out to a friend. The friend sat quietly, listened to the quivering voice bearing their soul, and resp

Sunday, December 7, 2025 - Second Sunday of Advent The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp (he/they) Executive Director, LOVEboldly Queer Christian   Love never ends. (1 Corinthians 13:8)   Assuming you haven’t skipped ahead—not calling you out, I’d do the same thing—you’re reading this devotion for the first time on December 7, 2025, almost one year after I wrote it on December 4, 2024. I imagine at least some of the bad things I was fearing have come true, but hopefully not all of them.

Sunday, November 30, 2025 - First Sunday of Advent The Rev. Anna Guillozet (she/her) Senior Pastor, Linworth United Methodist Church Allied Christian   We read in Ecclesiastes chapter three that “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” What does that mean for us, however, when Christmas decorations seem to go up before all the trick-or-treat candy has even been consumed? I can hear Cindy Lou Who singing, “Where are you Christmas? Why can'

Sunday, November 23, 2025 The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp (he/they) Executive Director, LOVEboldly Queer Christian   When [the shepherds] saw [Jesus], they made known what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them, and Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. (Matthew 2:17-19)   Today is our last Sunday before Advent. Many of us are getting ready for Thanksgiving on Thursday, finalizing our plans for

Sunday, November 16, 2025 NV Gay (they/she) Founder, Mx. Gay’s Creative Direction Queer Christian     Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts forms one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. (1 Corinthians 12:12-13)   When we reflect upon the call for inclusion, we must remember that Christ has called us to love a

Sunday, November 9, 2025 Jody Davis RN LISW (she/her) Lay Person, Lord of Life Lutheran Church (Columbus, OH) Queer Christian   Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV)   So, um, as you probably already know somehow, I am not a pastor. I don’t have an

Sunday, November 2, 2025 - All Souls Day The Rev. Dr. Caleb J. Lines (he/him) Co-Executive Director, ProgressiveChristianity.org   Allied...

Saturday, November 1, 2025 - All Saints Day The Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter (he/him) Associate Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Race,...

Sunday, October 26, 2025 Eli Shiltz (he/him) Member, Blue Ocean Faith Columbus Queer Christian   I want to share with you something I...

Sunday, October 19, 2025 - National LGBTQ+ Center Day Cass Helm (she/her) Board Member, LOVEboldly Director of Administrative Operations,...

Sunday, October 12, 2025 José Rosario (he/him) Founder, The Phoenix Empowered Queer Christian     The Pulse Nightclub shooting was the...

Sunday, October 5, 2025 Alejandro Rodríguez (he/him) Executive Director, The Spirituality Network Queer Christ-follower   He said to...

Sunday, September 28, 2025 The Rev. Brandan Robertson Author and Public Theologian Queer Christian   In the same way, the Spirit helps us...

Sunday, September 21, 2025 The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp Executive Director, LOVEboldly Queer Christian   The Gospel is Queer   When one...

Sunday, September 14, 2025   “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am...

Sunday, September 7, 2025 The Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp (he/they) Executive Director, LOVEboldly Queer Christian   As she continued praying...

Sunday, August 31, 2025 The Rev. Karl Stevens (he/him) Rector, St. Stephen Episcopal Church (Columbus, OH) \ Allied Christian   My trans...

Sunday, August 24, 2025 The Rev. Amy Barlak Aspey (she/her) Lead Pastor, Short North Church Allied Christian   For over a decade, “Aunt...

Sunday, August 17, 2025 The Rev. Dr. Marian Stewart (she/her) Ohio Organizing Manager, Faith in Public Life Queer Unitarian Universalist...

Sunday, August 10, 2025 The Rev. Dr. Sigrid Rother (she/her) Pastor, Westerville Community United Church of Christ Allied Christian  ...