Rainbow Communion, HuffPost Jummah, Bible And State

May 17, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Church Celebrates Marriage Equality With Awesome Rainbow Communion Bread On May 14, Minnesota became the 12th state to sign gay marriage into law as Governor Mark Dayton signed its marriage equality bill and said "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness should certainly include the right to marry the person you love." Two days before, the Rev. Jay Bakker presided over the opening of Revolution Church in Minneapolis , which meets at Bryant Lake Bowl. Bakker had recently relocated with his wife to Minneapolis from New York City, where he started Revolution Church NYC, which continues to meet in a bar in Brooklyn. To celebrate the first day of the church and in honor of the pending pro-LGBT legislation, a friend of Bakker's, the theologian and Patheos blogger Tony Jones, along with his photographer wife Courtney Perry and daughter Lilly, baked a special rainbow-colored communion bread to be shared at the church service.  Continue reading... HuffPost Jummah: What's The State Of Your Heart? Governor Orders Bibles Back To State Run Cabins The Office: Finding The Sacred In The Everyday Televangelist Claims It's The Wife's Job To Keep Men Faithful Royal Wedding Officiant Visits US Pope Francis Slams Global Financial System's 'Cult Of Money' Tyrannizing The Poor Royal Wedding Officiant Visits US Church Celebrates Marriage Equality With Awesome Rainbow Communion Bread Televangelist Claims It's The Wife's Job To Keep Men Faithful Don't Judge A Book Of Mormon By Its Cover: The Musical As Conversion Tool Church Celebrates Marriage Equality With Awesome Rainbow Communion Bread ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Huffington This Week: Final Songs and Free Spirits This week, Jaweed Kaleem looks at threshold choirs, a growing movement using a capella song to soothe the dying. And Radley Balko puts the spotlight on Bisbee, Arizona, a town at the center of the state's debate over gay marriage. Continue reading... RABBI RACHEL KAHN-TROSTER Counting The Days: It Is Time To Close Guantanamo Right now, the Jewish community is finishing up its annual marking of days, as each night we count the Omer, the 49 days between the second night of Passover and the beginning of Shavuot. Immediately after, we'll mark another set of days, one with only despair and no celebration. Continue reading... REV. MEG RILEY Minnesota Marriage Equality: Top Ten Reasons This Victory Is So Sweet With the flourish of a signature, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton declared yesterday that, "Love is the law." Continue reading... MALIK SIRAJ AKBAR No Hopes For Minority Ahmadis In Pakistan By excluding the Ahmadis from the elections, Pakistan's democracy is indeed missing something very important on the election day. Continue reading... SALEEM H. ALI Muslims In Massachusetts: Beyond The Boston Bombing Narrative As a Pakistani-American, I have sadly become a bit numb to terrorist attacks in Pakistan itself which are an almost routine news story. However, the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon hit me far more acutely. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003