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- BlogThu, 23 Apr 2020
Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan Shamil!Ramadan Mubarak! Attempts to establish a lexicon of non-degrading appropriate terms for the LGBT community in Arabic is an ongoing process first traced back to the end of the 1990’s. In 2003, a group of LGBT identifying Arab women call the Mujadarra Grrls, published a bilingual glossary of positive expressions of sexuality in... more...
- BlogTue, 21 Apr 2020
Yom HaShoah 2020A name is a life, a story, a whole world – relationships, thoughts, feelings and dreams, dreams, dreams. On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah, the air we breathe is filled with lives and worlds and dreams as Jewish communities all over the world read the names of those who perished in the Holocaust. Six million... more...
- BlogTue, 21 Apr 2020
Portal to a New World:
An Earth Day...There are so many lessons to learn in this time of COVID-19, and specifically throughout Eastertide, the 50-day period between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday. On a positive note, we have witnessed the uniting of humanity. We have seen people come together, quickly to combat colossal issues. On a challenging note, we cringe at the... more...
- BlogMon, 20 Apr 2020
Highlighting UN SDG #5: Gender Equality &...Women and girls are being disproportionately affected by the global Coronavirus pandemic in many ways. Women play a vital role as caretakers around the world; with over 75% of the healthcare workforce made up of women, these positions play a crucial role in keeping our societies safe and healthy. Many women are... more...
- BlogTue, 14 Apr 2020
A Passover PoemHappy Passover to all our Jewish friends, freedom lovers and liberation seekers! A Passover Poem Moses went down And God wept him awake River water freedom and we all feel it flow Moses stood up And Israelites followed him out What if we all did the same? Gave our River water freedom a chance? Darkness on a... more...
- BlogTue, 14 Apr 2020
A Prayer for Chibok –
Six Years Too LongClick the photo above to listen to the prayer. (Prayer transcript below) In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, God of every human soul, hasten to our prayers this day. Holy One we come to you knowing that we are in the midst of a global pandemic. Knowing that Coronavirus is ravaging throughout our world and... more...
- BlogTue, 14 Apr 2020
Highlighting UN SDG #3: Good Health & Well-Being Today marks six years since the horrific kidnapping of 276 girls from their government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. Taken by the militant, terrorist group, Boko Haram, these young students experienced extreme brutality and violence at the hands of their captors. Some girls escaped, others were rescued,... more...
- BlogSun, 12 Apr 2020
Easter in KenyaTo watch video click the above image (video will open in YouTube). [video transcript] Many are so worried. Wondering what's going to happen as numbers escalate of people in Kenya turning positive for the Coronavirus. But Jesus came to save us. He already defeated the enemy for... more...
- BlogSun, 12 Apr 2020
Believe Out Loud’s First Easter ServiceWatch here. Printable Worship Bulletin (English). Printable Worship Bulletin (Spanish). Make a donation to Believe Out Loud here. Thank you for celebrating Easter with us! more...
- BlogSat, 11 Apr 2020
An Easter Roundtable with our TeamEaster 2020 will be unlike any before it. Churches will be empty; congregations and families will gather over video call. Over the course of Holy Week, the Intersections team would normally be together in our office on 28th Street in Manhattan—the heart of New York’s flower district, which would be overflowing with... more...
