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3 a community within communities...from 30 cally based in general role assumptions but so what. What is the archetype of faith that Jesus embraced? It is a God that is a protector and that is just. It is what a Father should be. It is not what your or my father necessarily is/was. This Father that we acknowledge when we say Our Father who art in heaven is fully integrated. This Father is just and compassionate, this father is neither male nor female in the sense that we project onto him/her. This Father has the wisdom of the women of the ages and the strength of universe. This Father is the father that we all wanted and did not completely have none of us did even those that had/have good fathers. Within our community there are fathers, perhaps call them Abba, for surely Abba speaks to a gentle spirit that is strong, wise, and filled with wisdom and kindness. Abba is precisely who Jesus prayed to. I know several men and women who are Abba. Alice Brady was Abba to generations of lesbians and gay men who sought refuge, protection, and safety. Louie Crew who lives in New Jersey and founded Integrity a gay rights organization in the Episcopal Church is Abba to hundreds who needed someone to give them voice and again safety, protection, and dignity. There is a woman at St. Anna s Church, Diana, who is married with two adult children. She works hours per day insuring that medical care is provided to the uninsured. In her spare time she shows care and an embracing nurturing for those who work with her. She is a safe emotional place yet she is strong and loyal she is Abba to many. On June 17 th do not seek to despise he that hurt you. Do not try to reinvent a Judeo-Christian God with genital attributes but rather seek out the Holy Abba that our Lord Jesus knew and trusted even so much that he would die for him based on a promise of eternal life. If your father was a good man then celebrate your good luck and good life. If your father was abusive and hurtful find the Abba in your life and celebrate and give thanks for that person who more closely resembles the strong and protecting God of Jesus and celebrate them. Name your Abba and tell them so. When we do this we move from gender biased gut responses founded in fear and loathing and we hold our own council. We are no longer manipulated by a society so fear driven that we become amorphous beings but rather celebrate humanity and diversity. Just as there is something to be said for the divine feminine there is equally something to be said for the divine masculine. God is Abba and secure in whatever gender based attribute God has offers us. Find that shining light that is your Abba not by genetics but by words and works and holy presence and above intimacy and trust. Ambush Pride Deadline: Tuesda uesday, June 12th Call Gay EasterParade.COM GayMardiGras.COM GayNewOrleans.COM June 5-18, 2012 The Official Mag: AmbushMag.COM 33

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