self-immanence – Soulfully Gay II

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Homosexuality and the Mystery of God’s Presence

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14May

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...

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The Descending Current of Love: Presence, Immanence, and The Depth That Heals

By Joe Perez, M.Div.

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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...

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Being Gay Means Being Already Complete In Yourself

By Joe Perez, M.Div.

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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...

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Is Joe Perez’s Vision of Gay Love as Sacred Resonance Naïve?

By Joe Perez, M.Div.

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13May

GAY LOVE: EXALTED OR CONFUSING? Sometimes I am asked—directly or indirectly—if my vision of gay love as sacred resonance is out of touch. Too noble. Too pure. Too disconnected from the gritty, painful, and yes, sometimes profane reality of what it means to be a gay man in the world today. And to be honest, I’ve asked that of myself. Not as an intellectual exercise, but from the ground of lived...

6 months ago

Gayness as Self-Immanence: An Insight As Seen From Many Angles

By Joe Perez, M.Div.

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GAYNESS AS THE GROUND OF REALITY What if the love that a gay man feels for another is not only a personal experience, but also a key to understanding the structure of reality itself? That question has haunted me—in the best way—for many years. My work in queer theology and spirituality begins with a simple proposition: gayness, or more precisely homophilia—the love of sameness—is a metaphor for...

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