Lavender Love
June 11, 2023
Church of the Servant
2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 5 - Year A Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon (The second link below includes both the scripture reading and the Sermon.)
Pride Houston Chorus singing “Love Don’t Need a Reason” https://www.facebook.com/nancy.greenwood.773/videos/215547967975595
Sources:
- “The Lavender Song”, 1920 Music by Mischa Spoliansky. English lyrics by Jeremy Lawrence based on the original German lyrics by Kurt Schwabach.
- John Broich, “How the Nazis destroyed the first gay rights movement,” July 4, 2017, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-the-nazis-destroyed-the-first-gay-rights-movement-80354, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
- Terry Gross & Robert Beachy, “Between World Wars, Gay Culture Flourished In Berlin,” December 17, 2014, Fresh Air on NPR. https://www.npr.org/2014/12/17/371424790/between-world-wars-gay-culture-flourished-in-berlin, Accessed: June 8, 2023.
- Charles M. Blow, “Yes, We’re in an L.G.B.T.Q. State of Emergency”, New York Times, June 7, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/opinion/pride-lgbtq-laws.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare. Accessed June 8, 2023.
Setting Our Face Toward…
April 10, 2022
Church of the Servant
Fourth Sunday in Lent Luke 19:28-40, Luke 9:51 Click the Audio Link below to hear the Sermon
Sources: Ketanji Brown Jackson, Speech on April 8, 2022, after Confirmation as a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Charles M. Blow, Cory Booker, ‘You had our Back’, Opinion, New York Times, April 8, 2022, Accessed April 9, 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/opinion/cory-booker-ketanji-brown-jackson.html
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