Trans Day of Remembrance!
"Sloughting Towards Galilee!
"Christians/Catholic Workers Gone Bad!
November 20, 2024
"Trans Day of Remembrance!
Birth Pains of Freedom!
On this day, we remember our trans brothers and Sisters who have gone before us into the Great Cloud of Witnesses. I remember Chad, Charlotte, Susan, and a thousand more, with whom we have known and loved through the years. We remember the pain each one suffered as they struggled through their identity, family rejection, poverty, and prostitution. And we know as they entered death, they found the grace and love of God.????????????????????
The Spirit moves in places of pain--not because suffering is sacred but because people are sacred. She moves in our deepest wounds to reveal our unshakable dignity. She isn't a caged bird to be kept under a sheet of the church altar. She is the Wild Goose, the wind, wild and dangerous to every death-dealing structure. Wherever the Spirit moves the Spirit subverts.
In the midst of what seems like political defeat, of fear of more prejudice to come, the Wild Goose dances in our midst, moving in the spaces between us, calling us to nothing less than the liberation of every living thing.
And the question raised is who will follow the Wild Goose, the Holy Spirit by inspiring others in breaking down the barriers of transphobia, and live in the spirit of the body of Christ! Who will follow the Wild Goose is breaking down the barriers of an institutional Church, that is so destructive.
Let us grieve today, to rise and fight! Deo Gratuas! Thanks be to God!
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May the work of
“figuring people out”
Never replace the work of knowing people
And loving people
And giving them room
To confound
And inspire
And surprise me
WE ARE BEGGARS! WE REALLY NEED MONEY--Really Badly At the moment!
FOR FOOD, SOCKS, HARM REDUCTION AND OTHER SERVICES!
P.O. Box 642656
415-305-2124
pay pal
We are in desperate need now!
(Temenos and Dr. River seek to remain accessible to everyone. We do not endorse particular causes, political parties, or candidates, or take part in public controversies, whether religious, political, or social--Our pastoral ministry is to everyone!
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Temenos Catholic Worker
P.O. Box 642656
San Francisco, CA 94164
Dr. River Damien Carlos Sims, D.Min, D.S.T.
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“People ask me why do you write about food,
and eating and drinking. Why don’t you write
about the struggle for power and security, and
about love, the way others do? The easiest answer
is to say that, like most other humans I am hungry (M.F. Fisher!”
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"Christians/Catholic Workers Gone Bad!"
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I am addressing Christmas cards for snail mail if you would like one please send me your snail mail if I do not have it!
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No Demonstration at City Hall tomorrow due to rain!.