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The closing song this week is "Child of Love" By We the Kingdom. Download & be inspired this week!

Trigger Warning: Transgender, gender variance, gender violence. If these topics trigger emotional trauma, please practice the self-care that is best for you.

Specifically 23 - 28 minutes into this podcast. (18-23 min into the message)

The Blessing:

May God Bless you and keep you

May love shine her light of truth on the lies you have been told about God and yourself.

For those who have been made to feel like an outsider, unwelcomed by God,

May the Spirit change your internal status from variant to valuable.

May you know that your desire to experience God in community

is the only prerequisite for your inclusion at Crossroads,

A family of faith centered on the radical love of Jesus, who was the ultimate variant.

And no matter what has led to your feeling excluded from the love of God or led to your exclusion from other faith communities,

Whether it was your gender identity, sexuality, financial position, intellectual abilities, your immigration status, marital status, political values or any other number of labels that can divide and separate us,

Today, may you leave here knowing that: You are fully understood by God,

You are fully welcomed, affirmed, and included here, that nothing can ever separate you from the perfect love of God.

In Christ, you are not a variant; You are, always were and always will be a valuable, child of love.