Stigma Let the Walls Fall Down

02/04/2023

February 4, 2023. South Padre Island. We got to return to the beach today, a glorious 60 degree, sunny morning. We were solo for a while until a Winter Texan “J” and his Sheltie “Sailor” walked near. I asked if Buddy and Sailor could play and they were off and running, two tumbling, chasing, yipping balls of sheer joy.

The conversation amongst the humans included our connections to the island, how long we’ve been visiting or in our case, now residing, the changes in the island over time, the impact of Covid, the merits of renting our places to visitors or not, how lucky and blessed we are to be here, the coyotes and our encroachment on their habitat, the blissful return of nice weather. No politics. No religion.

Beach connections have a rhythm to them, like the tide coming in and receding. In this new, mostly maskless post-pandemic phase, we are finding our way again with one another. With each new encounter, we are hoping our beach acquaintance lost no one dear, escaped long Covid, is not angry with the world. We commiserate when stories of losses are shared. We share our own. We are relieved to be alive and smiling, squinting to the Telltales and the sun.

03/20/2013

Dr. Cindi Love, Executive Director of SOULFORCE, to participate in this online dialogue about the Defense of Marriage Act on HUFFPOST LIVE, at 6:20PM. Please share this with your friends and social networks and tune in to add your comments to this vital discussion.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), some children of gay parents are hoping to get their voices in the mix.

03/20/2013

The American people have "moved on" into the unknown of what it will be like for LGBT people to be equal under the law. We see that the world will not end and that our society will not crash and burn. We shouldn't have to drag our Congress, our clergy and our courts with us.

03/14/2013

On March 10, 2013 Soulforce collaborated with St. Mark United Methodist Church and California Faith for Equality to sponsor the Breakthrough Conversations Workshop.

02/23/2013

Ellen Chademana was in the worst place you could be in her home country of Zimbabwe: the Harare Central Remand Prison. The rotting jail was dark and overcrowded, with no toilets or running water. Her offense? Her work with G**s and Le****ns of Zimbabwe (GALZ).

02/19/2013

If a heterosexually identified Christian clergy man of color from Nigeria can change his mind about the way God expects him to treat gay people, then the rest of us may be able to do so as well

07/01/2012

STIGMA book release in 2013
Rev. Joshua Love & Rev. Dr. Cindi Love Editors

Stigma is dynamically linked to religious fundamentalism, patriarchy, misogyny, violence and terrorism. Rev. Dr. Cindi Love and Rev. Joshua Love help us understand how we can destigmatize our lives, feel peaceful rather than fearful and heal the world for ourselves and generations to come.
Let the walls fall down!

For more information about the book and workshops contact: [email protected]


About Uncommon Tribe
Uncommon Tribe is a nonprofit organization (501(c) 3) established in The State of Texas in September 2011 for the purpose of facilitating spiritual community.

The name of the organization is a reflection of the character of spiritual community the founding members aspire to encourage and co-create.

Uncommon - not typical, unexpected, out of the ordinary
Tribe - a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest

We dream of an uncommon tribe, one in which no one is considered less than or greater than by virtue of ancestry or ethnicity, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, size, religious affiliation...whatever can divide us if we choose.

We dream of a tribe that is animated by a Spirit of Love and Compassion.

We dream of uncommon hope and we hold it to be possible to be people who simply do not hate or harm.