It's not enough for us to mourn and resist the suffering…
““It's not enough for us to mourn and resist the suffering and oppression of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. We must also dare to imagine a world in which we are all embraced and celebrated in life-giving mutuality. We must stir our imaginations to conceive of a Church where every member of this vibrant Body is recognized for the divine image we reflect. And before we nod in easy agreement to this truth, we must also recognize that we have been conditioned into a crisis of imagination. We have lost so much of that creative capacity- and we must rekindle it! And one crucial way to do that is to elevate those lives and voices that demonstrate that imagination, found most often among those very people who live under that suffering and oppression. As Walter Brueggemann reminds us, "It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing futures alternative to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Calls for expanding imagination within faith communities to embrace LGBTQIA+ individuals, urging creative, inclusive visions.
In simple terms: Faith must imagine inclusive, loving futures.
Key Takeaway
Cultivate imaginative empathy.
Themes
inclusion
faith
imagination
Mood
hopeful
urgent
Type
inspirational
activist
When to use this quote
- church leadership
- activism
- educational workshops
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Key Concepts
social justice
theology
creative vision
Questions to Reflect On
- How can religious spaces foster imagination?
- What barriers limit inclusive thinking?