INVISIBLE Humans

The Sermon

Preached on Genesis 2: 18-24 and Mark 10:2-16 at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Arlington Heights, IL.  I explore if Adam, the first human, was intersex.  I explore that Jesus wants justice for women, and that he wasn't talking about divorce in the way we understand it, he was talking about justice.  Mostly, I talk about seeing each other as fully human, as coming from the ONE body of Adam that held all genders, and tie that to us being the Body of Christ.  Recovering the these texts as being about God's love and creation of all humans, especially the most invisible ones, from the ways they were used to oppress in the past.  There is HOPE!  I am human, and so are you, we are part of one thing together, and can start to see one another that way.  I include suggestions for your week for treating people as extra human, as well as holding onto hope of the resurrection.  

References for More Reading

Click on any sentence below to read the author's work. 

1. Rev. Emily E. Ewing helps us all queer the text on their blog. 
2. Elle Dowd shows us how to recover texts that were used to hurt for faithful living now. 
3. Colette Broady Grund talks about how these texts could be experienced by those are are divorced. 
4. Cory Driver lays out the Biblical scholarship and traditions. (I got the Adam as intersex from her.) 
5. Rachael Keefe shares that Jesus was about love, not judgement of divorce. 

Next Steps

1. Read more stories, blogs, and twitter pages of those who have lives very different from you.
2. Look people in the eye, smile, and ask how they are.
3. Leave a HUGE tip on a small meal. 
4. Give a $1 or coins to every person who is homeless you pass.
5. Help support those who are often invisible and denied calls due to their God created ways of living and loving bydonating to my fundraiser for Extraordinary Lutheran Ministry, who support LGBTQIA+ people in the church. 
6. Donate to the Chicago Community Bond Fund.  Many people are in Cook Co. jail before trail, even if they are innocent, because they can't afford bail.  They are in jail for being poor.  Getting them out lets them know they are human to you.  Being poor makes you guilt until proven innocent, and usually costs you your job, thus repeating the cycles.   
7. Comment on this blog how YOU are treating others as extra human this week. 

Donate here to ELM

Donate Here to Bond Fund

Value this Work? Support this Site