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Generous Space Ministries
- Sep 10, 2019
- 1 min
“The Samaritan Woman: Revisiting the Dominant Narrative” Liz Edman – OGSR 2019 Key
At this year’s 2019 Ontario Generous Space Retreat, Rev. Liz Edman, author, Episcopal priest, and political strategist, knocked her keynote out of the park! Check out the video below for her creative and profound reading of story of the Samaritan woman (John 4) through a queer lens. We suspect you will return to it more than once… “The Samaritan Woman – Revisiting the Dominant Narrative” Rev. Elizabeth M. Edman – May 17, 2019 from Generous Space Ministries on Vimeo. #OGSR #ke
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Generous Space Ministries
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Resilienc(e/y): Beth’s Reflections on the 2019 Ontario GS Retreat
Over the May long weekend, 140 members of our Generous Space community (some brand new!) gathered at Trent University in Peterborough for our seventh annual Ontario Generous Space Retreat. Our theme for this year’s retreat was “from strength to strength,” often summarized as either “resilience” or “resiliency,” depending on which side you supported in our weekend-long grammar debate! “I have felt so alone on this journey… The retreat gave me such a deep sense of safety, of be
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Generous Space Ministries
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Let's Talk About Sexual Ethics: Part 4
Welcome to part 4 of our “Let’s Talk About Sexual Ethics” series. The first two posts consider the evolution of the sex ethics conversation in the Generous Space community. If you haven’t already read them, I invite you to do so here and here. In these posts, I unpack how a values-centered approach to sexual ethics allows us to both honour an individual’s agency in discerning how to steward their sexual life in a manner that is consistent with their Christian faith and in a w
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Generous Space Ministries
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Let’s Talk About Sexual Ethics ~ Part 4
Welcome to part 4 of our “Let’s Talk About Sexual Ethics” series. The first two posts consider the evolution of the sex ethics conversation in the Generous Space community. If you haven’t already read them, I invite you to do so here and here. In these posts, I unpack how a values-centered approach to sexual ethics allows us to both honour an individual’s agency in discerning how to steward their sexual life in a manner that is consistent with their Christian faith and in a w
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Generous Space Ministries
- May 9, 2017
- 14 min
Rise! (A sermon from the Ontario GS Retreat)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We just returned from our 5th annual Ontario Generous Space Retreat. It was a very significant event, packed full of hope-filled and challenging conversations, with much to process and reflect on. I am sure there will be many subsequent blog posts unpacking more of what happened there. For now, I want to share the sermon I preached on Sunday morning. If you watch the YouTube video, you’ll see me pausing several times, letting my tears fl
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