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A year of sacred reflections for LGBTQIA+ Christians and allies, Grace and Glitter offers weekly devotions that honor the full complexity of Queer faith.

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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    A Call to Trans Allies (opens the original)

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    Cass HelmLGBTQIA+ Person of FaithLOVEboldly Board MemberQuotes“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”~Ralph Waldo Emerson“Trans people are extraordinary, strong, intelligent, persistent, and resilient. We have to be. And we will not stand for the picking and choosing of rights.”~Grace Dolan-Sandrino“We have to be visible. W

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    You Shall Afflict Your Souls (opens the original)

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    Rabbi Ari JunAllied Person of FaithQuoteIs not this the fast I want–the opening of the bonds of wickedness,the loosening of the bindings of the yoke,and the free release of those who are oppressed,and that every yoke be broken?~Isaiah 58:6, (author’s translation)DevotionAs a Jew, I fast on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. This custom comes from an i

  3. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Thin Places (opens the original)

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    PadraigLGBTQIA+ Person of FaithQuote“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the earth he has given to human beings.”~Psalm 115:16 (NRSV)DevotionMy pre-Christian Celtic ancestors understood something that modern Christianity has forgotten: the sacred isn’t locked away in buildings or confined to Sunday mornings. There are places, thin places, they called them, where the boundary betwe

  4. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Tend, Listen, Recieve (opens the original)

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    EllaLGBTQIA+ Person of FaithQuote“Come close to my side, you whose hearts are on the ground, you who are pushed down and worn out, and I will refresh you. Follow my teachings and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest from your trouble thought. Walk side by side with me and I will share in your heavy load and make it light.”~Matthew 11:28-30 (First Nations Version)DevotionMy grandmother used to say t

  5. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    The End of Summer, the Start of Something (opens the original)

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    Carmen - LGBTQIA+ Person of FaithQuote“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”~Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NRSV)DevotionThere’s a particular feeling to the last weekend of August. You can sense autumn approaching even if the weather hasn’t changed yet. The light shifts. The evenings cool down just slightly. Something is ending, and something else is beginning, and we’re standing right in the middle of that transition.As a Queer person, I’ve always found the rhythm of s

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