Discussions about gender, gender identities, gender roles, biological sex, sexual orientation and gender expressions—among other concepts—are not new, nor do they appear out of nowhere. People in LBGTQ communities were not all born 20 years ago; therefore, sexual diversity is not an imposed recent issue. Sexual diversity exists and has been around forever. As a church that remains at the forefront and inserts itself into the world’s daily discussions, we must deepen the theological conversation on gender issues and continue opening spaces for dialogue in our temples.
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Throughout history, women in every part of the world have made great strides, sometimes in spite of a significant lack of equality. With the help of women such as Lucretia Mott, Rosa Parks, and Marsha P. Johnson, the gap in equality in areas such as gender, race, and sexual orientation has become more and more narrow. Currently, we are very fortunate that these women and so many more have made these strides, but we still have a long way to go - and part of it comes from the way we approach feminism even among each other as women.
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Gail here on behalf of your Board of Directors of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, Bautistas por la Paz, bringing you Advent greetings, a brief year end reflection and an announcement. I don’t know about you but this whole year has felt like the season of Advent. A waiting in the dark for light to be birthed once again. So from this year-long preparation, what do we want to remember from it?
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Only available in Spanish.
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Embracing a world where peace, equity and justice prevail is to provide a stronghold amidst the tremors and earthquakes that bring death, despair and injustice in our communities. How we face these tremors will define our witness and our legacy for those following in our footprints.
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If you’re looking to help with relief efforts in Puerto Rico, please keep reading for several options. These sources were provided to us by people in our network and those on the ground doing this work, so you can be assured that all funds and supplies will go to where they are needed.
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Join us in welcoming Rubén David Bonilla Ramos as our Spanish Editor for Baptist Peacemaker and Ximena Ulloa Montemayor as our 2020 Summer Conference Coordinator!
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The following report is from Asaf Vera Baltodano, member of Shalom Baptist Church, student at the Baptist Seminary in Mexico City, and the most recent Youth and Young Adult (TYAYA) representative on the BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz board of directors.
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During my childhood and adolescence I never imagined I could cross a border. This does not mean that I never dreamed of crossing borders. On the contrary, I spent many hours reading the Encyclopedia and the Atlas; learning the names of the nations of the world, the colors of their flags; leaning about their location and their capitals. I enjoyed dreaming that, someday, I will visit as many countries as it was possible.
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The following story is part of the Vocation of Peacemaking series where we asked members and friends of the BPFNA to write brief essays on their peacemaking work. Each story is a wonderful reminder that there are as many ways to live a life of peace as there are people, and that we can act for peace in real and important ways wherever we find ourselves. This essay comes from Luis G. Collazo, a retired religion and ethics professor at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico and pastor in the Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico.
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This summer, I had the blessing of being part of the faculty of the Hispanic Summer Program (HSP). This “seminary without walls” takes place every year and moves throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
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