Borderlands

"Many of us came here because All Saints is a community of radical love and inclusion, that speaks truth to power and advocates for peace and justice. I know this why I came. I could no longer tolerate the hideous exclusion and emotional harm done to LBGTQ siblings. I couldn’t identify with Christianity that aligned itself with a view of God as white and male. I couldn’t connect to a religion that was competitive with other religious paths. I had been traumatized by the concept of a God who required torture and death to appease his anger yet, required I love him. Here, I felt comfortable at last, free of unfair, bigoted concepts that seemed interwoven into the faith I accepted wholeheartedly." Sermon by Sally Howard at All Saints Church, Pasadena, on Sunday, October 13, 2019. Readings: II Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c and Luke 17:11-19. For video and a text of the sermon, visit our website: https://allsaints-pas.org/borderlands/. Follow All Saints Church on Twitter @ASCpas. Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsPasadena/. Donate to support the mission and ministries of All Saints at https://allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now/.