Reverend Gary McAlpin

06/04/2026

When others hurt or offend you, remember that you can’t expect anything from people that they don’t have to give. Live in goodness no matter what’s going on around you. Establish a rich inner life that creates grace for those who offend because it comes with an awareness of a different kind of poverty that the offender suffers from. That’s real insight. That’s real freedom.

06/04/2026

Tracks

An older meme, but it still checks out

06/04/2026

This is a social justice issue

06/04/2026

This Pride Month, we celebrate the joy, resilience, and beauty of LGBTQIA+ communities.

In "The Q***r Beatitudes," Tim Atkins (also known as Sister Sweet Suffering Tea of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) offers this blessing:

"Blessed are we, the whole q***r family,
for love is our birthright, and joy is our inheritance."

May we continue building a world where every person can live, love, and flourish as their full self. 🌈

Read "The Q***r Beatitudes" at the link in the comments.

06/02/2026

Our broken systems cost us all, but especially the poor.
God’s good creation has provided everything we need, but we allow some to hoard it. We all do better when we all do better!

06/02/2026

The Evangelical Christian Church doth protest too much, methinks.

Jesus talked about feeding the poor.
Caring for the sick.
Welcoming the stranger.
Loving our enemies.
Refusing to throw stones.
Not judging, lest we be judged.
Taking the plank out of our own eye before performing speck surgery on everyone else.

The Son of God talked about:
Humility. Mercy.
Forgiveness. Justice.
Truth. Compassion.

And He had a whole lot to say about religious hypocrites who used God’s name to control people while ignoring or targeting the vulnerable.

You know… completely unrelated to anything happening in America. Obviously. 😉

So why has MAGA Evangelical Christianity built so much of its identity around things Jesus never addressed, much less use it as the loudest pillar of their faith?

I can't help but believe that if LGBTQ+ was to be a loud, defining factor of our faith, He would have talked about it. At least once. He didn't.

And that should tell us something.

So if you are more outraged by the gay couple down the street than by powerful people exploiting the vulnerable, abusing women and children, protecting predators, lying for power, blasphemy, and mocking mercy…

I can say this with relative confidence:

Your Christianity may be loud.
But it isn’t centered on Christ.

And to my LGBTQ+ friends…

You are not a debate topic here.
You are not a problem to solve.
You are not a sin category to manage.

You are loved here.
You are welcome here.

And you don’t have to earn a seat at the table Jesus already set.