Participants: Fr. Thomas Rinaldi – A fictionalized composite Catholic theologian and seminary professor, deeply formed by John Paul II’s Theology of the Body (TOB). Joe Perez, M.Div. – Author of Soulfully Gay, blogger and influencer in the LGBTQ+ community, and teacher of the Unitive Way. Fr. Thomas: Joe, thank you again for sitting with me in this space. We began with the Church’s view...
Homosexuality and the Mystery of God’s Presence
By Joe Perez, M.Div.Sermon For Pride Sunday – Episcopal Church Service LOVE THAT GROUNDS: INTRODUCING THE DESCENDING CURRENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Some forms of love do not lift us upward but bring us inward and downward—into the body, into memory, into the palpable here-and-now. They deepen us. They help us settle into presence. They ask us not to rise above life but to be fully in it. This is what...
The Descending Current of Love: Presence, Immanence, and The Depth That Heals
LOVE THAT GROUNDS: INTRODUCING THE DESCENDING CURRENT Some forms of love do not lift us upward but bring us inward and downward—into the body, into memory, into the palpable here-and-now. They deepen us. They help us settle into presence. They ask us not to rise above life but to be fully in it. This is the Descending Current of Love: the movement of spirit not toward escape or transcendence, but...
Being Gay Means Being Already Complete In Yourself
ALREADY WHOLE: THE INNER TRUTH OF BEING GAY In Soulfully Gay II, I explore a spiritual truth that may sound paradoxical in a world that still teaches queer people to doubt themselves: being gay means being already complete in yourself. This isn’t a feel-good slogan. It’s a radical spiritual insight with roots in centuries of philosophy and mystical wisdom. It’s based on the principle of self...
