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Rainbow Flag
Rev. Peter Faass | 6/4/201
The next time you come to chrch look up at our flag pole. No, no one is sitting up there; that American fad ended in 1929! (There is no need for a resurrection of it either!) But something new is fluttering in the breeze underneath the Stars and Stripes; a Rainbow flag.
June is Pride month, a month when gay and lesbian people are honored around the world. The rainbow flag, which has evolved to become the most powerful emblem of LGBT culture, is a sign of diversity and inclusiveness, of hope and of yearning. In June our LGBT sisters and brothers and the Rainbow flag remind us that what unites us as human beings is much more powerful than what differentiates us.
Think about it, inclusion, hope and yearning for a better way of life are not desires limited to one group of people, they are passionate human desires. As a Christian I would say they are key building blocks of the world as God desires it to be, that world we know in theological terms as God's kingdom. Seeing the Rainbow flag waving in the breeze on our property reminds me that Christ Church is an intentional community of diversity and inclusion; we hear God's call to offer radical hospitality and infinite respect to ALL God's children. In a world where too many people would still rather divide and hate versus unite and love, our community of faith is a powerful witness to another way of life. So it's not just a pretty flag we are flying, it is a public witness of our faith.
I am grateful to the Vestry and Wardens for their support of my request to fly the Rainbow flag at Christ Church for Pride month. I hope that this small gesture with a big meaning will fuel your hope, yearning and passion for, as Jesus taught us in the Lord's Prayer, "your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven."
Happy Pride month!
Peter +
