Love Letters From Rev. Sex S1:08 Advent as a Time of Healing and Resistance

Reverend Sex invites listeners into an intimate reflection on sacred time, queer survival, and the fierce, embodied hope we carry into the Advent season. Coming to us in a moment of exhaustion, tenderness, and deep yearning for connection, Rev. Sex opens up about the loss many of us feel after leaving church spaces—particularly the loss of shared ritual, rhythm, and timekeeping that once gave shape to our lives.As the community enters the first week of Advent, Rev. Sex reclaims this season as a site of resistance to consumerism and despair, offering an invitation to find grounding outside the pressures of capitalism, comparison, and holiday perfectionism. Instead, Rev. Sex centers the ancient practice of preparing for light in the darkest time of year—a reminder shared by many cultures long before Christianity.This episode explores:Why sacred time matters, especially for those who’ve left traditional religious spacesAdvent as a queer and decolonial practice, and a counter-ritual to capitalist holiday frenzyThe complexity of hope, and why hopelessness has become one of our community’s most dangerous epidemicsRejecting passive optimism and the “Deus ex Machina” myth that someone else will save usHope as embodied commitment—a gritty, resilient, deeply grounded force that rises bloodied but unbrokenHow LGBTQIA+, immigrant, feminist, and earth-based communities embody hope generation after generationPrayer as both intention and action, and how hope works the same wayBuilding a future where we thrive, through sustained collective resistanceHosted by Rev. Sex (Rev. Alba Onofrio - Executive Director of Soulforce), this podcast channel offers connection, reflection, and community for anyone feeling spiritually marginalized or exiled but still resiliently faithful while centering dialogue on Queer, trans, and feminist theology.The platform gathers people of diverse Christian denominations, pastors, activists, and scholars to discuss gender identity, sex, and pleasure in the context of faith, aiming to heal the wounds of colonizing religion and create a welcoming space for topics often considered taboo in religious spaces.Join in our community of Sinvergüenzas by visiting our Teología Sin Vergüenza homepage or our Spanish WhatsApp Lista de Difusión. If you’d like to support this cutting-edge movement of ferocious Latinx power building, please make a donation.https://soulforce.org/donate/Find episode transcripts at https://soulforce.org/podcast/