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Matt Nightingale
@mattnightingale.bsky.social
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Alejandro’s husband. Co-pastor of @wearethequest.bsky.social. Founder of @commonsanctuary.bsky.social. Spiritual director. TED talker. All Christian, all gay, all the time. #FaithfullyLGBT #BLM He/him
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And if you aren't queer yourself but consider yourself an ally, you're welcome to join us on the opposite Mondays for the "allies welcome" version of the group. We'll be gathering next Monday, December 1, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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If you identify as LGBTQIA+, we'd love to have you join us sometime. We meet every two weeks, and we'll be together again on Monday, December 8, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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And then for our lectio divina practice, we read this powerful remix of The Beautitudes written by Rev. Anna Blaedel for Enfleshed. Thank you to @celestefinally.bsky.social for choosing the text and the song, and for reading so beautifully for us tonight. 🙏🏼❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
blessed are you who are raging. blessed are you who are mourning. blessed are you who feel numb. blessed are you who feel sick. and tired. and sick and tired. blessed are you who refuse to turn away. blessed are you who need to turn away. blessed are you who keep breathing deep. blessed are you who are tending to your own needs. blessed are you who are tending to the needs of another. blessed are you who have been calling. blessed are you who have been organizing. blessed are you who have been testifying. blessed are you who have been hearing. blessed are you who have been resisting. blessed are you who feel broken open beyond repair. blessed are you who are raw beyond words. blessed are you who are working hotlines and crisis care centers and bearing witness to the forces of violence and trauma unleashed and unloosed blessed are you who are marching. blessed are you who are weeping. blessed are you who preach and know that divinity resides in despised, abused, violated flesh. blessed are you who know deep in your bones that you are good. and beautiful. and beloved. and sacred. and worthy. and believed. and held. and capable of healing beyond your wildest imagination. blessed are you who remind others they are good. and beautiful. and beloved. and sacred. and worthy. and believed. and held. and capable of healing beyond their wildest imagination. blessed are we when we dare to dream of a world without sexual violence, without white supremacy, without misogyny, without police brutality, without anti-trans and anti-queer violence. blessed are we when we stay tender. blessed are we when we stay fierce. blessed are we when we dare to imagine repair, and transformation. blessed are we when we labor together to make it so.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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After opening prayers, community guidelines, and check ins, we listened together to @derekwwebb.bsky.social's "This May Be the Time To Close Your Eyes."
This May Be The Time To Close Your Eyes (by Derek Webb) - Lyric Video
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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And if you're a non-queer ally who would like to join us, good news! We created an "allies welcome" version of the group that meets on the opposite Mondays. We'll gather again next Monday, November 17, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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We would love to welcome any LGBTQIA+ folks to our group! We'll be back again two weeks from tonight, on November 24, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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And then for our lectio divina practice, we read "Patient Trust" by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ. Thank you to
@thelepper.bsky.social for choosing the song and text, and for reading so beautifully for us tonight. 🙏🏼❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability and that it may take a very long time And so I think it is with you; your ideas mature gradually-let them grow, let them shape themselves, without undue haste. Don't try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give Our Lord the benefit of believing that his hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete. Above all, trust in the slow work of God our loving vine dresser.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Tonight, after opening prayers, listening agreements, and check ins, we listened together to Emily Scott Robinson's "The Time for Flowers."
Emily Scott Robinson - Time for Flowers | OurVinyl Sessions
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November 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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And on the opposite Monday nights, we have the original, queer-only version of the group! We'll meet next Monday, November 10, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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If you're LGBTQIA+ or an ally, you're welcome to join us anytime! We'll be together again in two weeks, on November 17, from 6:30-8pm PT. You can register here:
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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And then for our lectio divina practice, we read a selection from Frederick Buechner's "Now and Then." Thank you to
@terranen.bsky.social for selecting the song and text, creating the graphic, and reading so beautifully for us tonight. 🙏🏼❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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After opening prayers, listening agreements and check ins, we listened together to Jake Wesley Rogers's "Window."
Jake Wesley Rogers - Window || LETRA | LYRICS
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November 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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We also have a version of the group that's open to non-queer allies and meets on the opposite Mondays. We'll be meeting next Monday night, November 3, from 6:30-8pm PT, and you can register here:
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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We'd love for you to join us sometime! If you identify as LGBTQIA+, you're welcome in this queer-only version of the group. We meet every two weeks, and we'll be back again on Monday, November 10, from 6:30-8pm PT. Register here:
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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And then for our lectio divina practice, we read "The Song of the Bird" by Anthony De Mello. Thank you to @jjr222.bsky.social for choosing the song and the text, and for reading so beautifully for us tonight. 🙏🏼❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
The disciples were full of questions about God. Said the master, "God is the Unknown and the Unknowable. Every statement about him, every answer to your questions, is a distortion of the truth." The disciples were bewildered. "Then why do you speak about him at all?" "Why does the bird sing?" said the master. Not because it has a statement, but because it has a song. The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the scholar are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM