PRIDE: A Protest Against Shame
Happy Pride Month, friends! To kick us off for OUR month, we have Season 2 Episode 3 coming at you with why Pride still matters in a world where some people claim progress has already gone far enough.
We talk about the small-town queer kid who needs to know there is a larger community, the difference between Pride as parade and Pride as festival, and the way Pride holds together celebration, protest, remembrance, and joy.
We also explore Pride through a theological lens: Pentecost, public witness, the ministry of reconciliation, the communion of saints, and the kingdom of God here and now. For us, Pride is not the opposite of humility. It is a refusal to agree with shame.
This conversation also looks toward the podcast's upcoming sapphic series and invites you to consider how you are entering Pride Month as people of faith, queer people, allies, or seekers.
In This Episode
Pride as public witness
Why visibility still matters
The connection between Pride, protest, and queer history
Pentecost, language, embodiment, and belonging
The Church's call to reconciliation
Why queer joy is sacred
What Pride reveals to the Church today
The difference between shame and holy pride
Showing up as your full self
What we carry into Pride Month
Quotes to ponder…
What if pride is not the opposite of humility, but a refusal to agree with shame?
Pride still matters because we have not yet gotten to a place where full reconciliation has happened.
Just knowing Pride exists can be life-giving.
Queer people have existed forever.
When we are able to show ourselves, we are better for it as a community.
Pride is public witness. It says: we exist, we are beloved, and we are not alone.
What if Pride Month is a mini revival?
Make our pride a witness of love, a protest against shame, and a glimpse of God’s many-colored kingdom.
Questions to answer…
What are you carrying into Pride this year?
OR…
What do you think about pride not being the opposite of shame, but a refusal to agree with shame?
OR…
What things does this podcast bring up for you this week?
We are stoked to celebrate this month with you - whatever you may be bringing into it!
