Singing the Song of Songs

“For millennia, we as the Church have cultivated, amplified and internalized a culture of purity instead of holiness that has left women shamed and blamed, subjugated and closeted. This must be said … and we must look at what restorative justice looks like in the face of millennia of the Church literally appropriating the voice of God to tell God’s beloved children they are less than and shameful. We cannot just acknowledge briefly and move on, because as Representative Alexandria Occasio-Cortez said this week: “What they are asking for when they say ‘Can we just move on’ … what they are asking is ‘Can we just forget this happened so I can do it again without recourse?’” What we need is a revolution. A revolution of love that overturns the tables of purity and invites us to embrace the holiness of our bodies, the holiness of our longings and desires, the holiness that does not isolate but brings us together in love.” Sermon by Mike Kinman from virtual worship at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2021 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Song of Songs 4:9–15, Psalm 45:6–15, I Corinthians 9:1–10 and John 2:1–12. Watch the sermon on YouTube at https://youtu.be/2XLvIrU1nzE. Read the sermon text here. Watch the entire service on Sunday Morning Live here: https://youtu.be/I02n1aRq2z4. 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/.