Fr. Allen Junek
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anglican priest, pastor, and preacher in @TexasDiocese • practicing ✝️, professional 🏳️🌈 • pn: he/him/él
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5 love languages:
1. Acts of Service: *votes for Beto*
2. Quality time: “Would you like to go vote for Beto together?”
3. Words of affirmation: “Thank you for voting for Beto.”
4. Gifts: “I got you a Beto shirt.”
5. Physical touch: The soft cotton of my new Beto shirt.
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At Texas A&M, “howdy” can mean
-Hello
-Let’s begin
-Shut the hell up
-They be looking like a snack 👀
-GET OUT OF MY LANE
and I think it’s the most beautiful thing
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Just announced to the parish that I’m engaged to the man I love and there was *roaring* applause?? If you had told me this would happen 10 years ago I would have laughed in your face. He makes beautiful things out of dust, friends.
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If women can’t be ordained, stop baptizing them. If women can’t serve as priests of the new covenant, then stop nourishing them with Christ’s Body and Blood. They are either full members of the Church, or they are not.
If you did not want to be rude, you would have said nothing.
I don’t want to be rude about this lady but she and everyone has to understand that for Catholics this is the visual equivalent of hearing a metal stylus squealing on a slate. It is almost physically painful. This is not going to change because it is an appropriate reaction. 1/2
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‘Our Lady’ saw the outbreak of the Black Death, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, and both World Wars. She even is said to house THE Crown of Thorns. This is heartbreaking.
BREAKING: A fire has broken out at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, one of the city's most iconic sights.
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Six years ago I almost killed myself because I was gay.
Five years ago, my family declared bankruptcy because of our medical bills.
Today I graduated from
@TAMU
debt free, and with my fourth acceptance letter to seminary—
@CandlerTheology
.
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01/02/2016: I was 19, & had just been fired from my church job because they found out I liked boys. I was terrified and lost. Now, 6 years later, I’m in priest school and will be giving my life to serve the Church and the world. It gets better, child of God.
#NationalComingOutDay
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me: so,like, do you want to get married
wind: 💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨
him: sorry, no, there’s no ferry
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Today I was ordained a deacon in Christ’s holy catholic Church.
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Hi yes what does the Bible have to say about selling feet pics to pay for seminary
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Today, after keeping it a secret for 10+ years, I came-out to my grandparents. Two hours later they were sharing a meal with my boyfriend. Deo gratias!
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My body is *not* a temple. It *is* an Episcopal church full of bread, wine, and good news for God’s queer kids.
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Our Lyft driver realized we were gay and changed the radio to the local Christian station (?) and I do not know how to tell him we are both *very* familiar with the Lord of heaven and earth, actually.
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Happy Pride to those who celebrate! 🌈 And for those who don’t, repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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Me making eye contact with my homophobe uncle (who banned me from his house) when I say I’m thankful for the forward march of progress at Thanksgiving dinner is the epitome of passive aggression.
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During undergrad, in my LGBTQ+ Lit. class, our prof asked us to name 10 queer men we knew over the age of 55. No one could.
This
#WorldAIDSDay2019
, I remember that we’re missing an entire generation.
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National flags/banners should not be hung in a church, nor should they be displayed on church property.
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Thanksgiving challenge: when asked to bless the food, give thanks for migrant farmers, pray for fair wages, and ask that justice come swiftly on those who exploit their labor.
(Yes, my family stopped asking me to say grace years ago.)
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What is an “inside voice” and how do I make it happen to my facial expressions
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Y’all. Someone at Vanderbilt must have screwed up because this queer kid just got awarded a full-tuition scholarship AND a stipend!! 😭
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I hope the the first time visiting elderly woman at mass today, whose response to my “Peace be with you” was “Well aren’t you just gorgeous,” has the best ding dang day ever.
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Petition that every freshman English course should require students take a mandatory pass/fail exam asking them to use the following words in a sentence:
Your
You’re
There
Their
They’re
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Best birthday gift: my first baptism. Welcome to the household of God, little one 💧 🕊️
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Replace “gay marriage” with “interracial marriage”.
Just like ‘not believing in interracial marriage’ is racist, ‘not believing in gay marriage’ is homophobic. Neither are ‘Christian’ positions. Quit using religion to justify your bigotry.
Yes, I am a Christian.
No, I do not believe in gay marriage.
No, I do not hate those people.
No, I do not think I’m perfect.
Yes, it is a sin.
Yes, I love them anyways.
Yes, I am a sinner too.
No, God does not hate them.
Yes, He loves us ALL.
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Should the Church allow heterosexual marriage? Debate.
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In just 6 short weeks, I am to be ordained a priest in Christ’s holy Church. I covet your prayers — and will be sharing the livestream link for those who can’t make it to Austin 🤠
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Word on the street is that Episcopalians/Anglicans don’t decorate until Xmas Eve, and when they do, it looks like this.
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No seminarian has all three:
- completed all the readings
- a healthy sleep schedule
- an adequate pneumatology
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yes
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“In all that you do, you are to nourish Christ's people from the riches of his grace…”
Last Saturday, I was made a priest in Christ’s holy Church, and it was the best day of my life.
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Alt caption: Man with net worth of $15,000,000 tells the poor they don’t need healthcare.
Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson went on Fox Business today and said we don't need healthcare because God gives us free healthcare.
"Doctors can give you a temporary reprieve, but they cannot save you from physical death. The doctors who treat you, they die too."
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unrepentant racism should disqualify you from exercising pastoral authority in the church, period.
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Now that we’ve got your attention with the *election needle* might I introduce you to the *needle* a camel will have to squeeze through before the rich will enter the kingdom of heaven?
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Last year for Lent I pledged to eat three meals a day, and now I’m in recovery from a 4yr long eating disorder 🙌
Thank God for Lent.
Lent for depressed people should be the opposite of what others do. Like instead of fasting, you pledge 3 meals a day, a daily hot shower, or to clean your room every day, etc etc.
Just because it can be so hard to do those things! It’s harder than giving up a type of food.
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has it occurred to you that God would not leave *us* alone
Why is it so difficult for gays to just leave religion alone? Leave these churches and mosques, you are not wanted there. You'll never be rated by them anyways 🤦🏾♂️
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Last month my aunt tested positive for COVID. A week later her mother/my grandma died of a “respiratory infection.”
Today that same aunt is sharing posts on Facebook about how the virus is a liberal hoax. Someone hold me back
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Sometimes I still think about how the Pope is fluent(ish) in 6+ languages but intentionally chose to speak to Tr*mp in Spanish. I aspire to that level of diplomatic shade.
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This is a pic of a boy who just finished his first year of seminary, hasn’t put on real pants in a month, and just got a job during Coronatide 🥳
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I am begging online Christians to just say their prayers and be normal.
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Five years ago I was fired after coming-out. That this ruling will prevent it from happening to another queer kid, is the most relief I’ve felt since 2015.
BREAKING: US Supreme Court rules that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a major victory for advocates of gay rights.
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Still v disappointed that I, the seminarian of the family, was *not* asked to pray before thanksgiving dinner after I had already spent all morning rehearsing my sermo—I mean, prayer.
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Re: Lambeth… I was not permitted to discern ordination in my sending parish’s diocese because the dignity of LGBTQ Christians had yet to be fully honored. Graciously, I was grafted into another diocese. I can accept that the waters of baptism do not cleanse of us bigotry (1/)
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One of my favorite things is when I walk past the Impact counselors on campus and they start to hand me a flyer, but then see the pride button on my bag and pull their hand back immediately. I’m thriving out here
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Had I known seminary would give me gray hair and stress wrinkles, I would’ve hung up the phone when the Spirit butt-dialed me.
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me at Thanksgiving when i roll up to be greeted by a sea of red baseball caps
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She enjoyed simplicity. She tended her flower beds, religiously. Everyone to come through her door, she fed. She ended every day on her porch swing, watching the sun set.
Pray for Mary Ondrasek-Junek, and those who love her. Granny died this morning at age 84.
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All this is to say: God called me to this Anglican way of following Jesus, and no bishop nor conference of bishops will change that. I can both be deeply wounded by the bishops’ bigotry and yet hopeful that the Spirit will bring beauty from these ashes—it’s the Anglican way.
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Hey beloveds, a few weeks ago I was prescribed anxiety medication; and today I have actual fingernails (not bloody stubs) for the first time in my life. Don’t be afraid to take care of yourself.
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Literally through him all things were made.
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I share this small piece of queer history lest it be forgotten, and to remind us that our Christian faith is *not* contrary to queer identities and experiences — regardless of what politicians and news outlets would have us believe. To say otherwise is a lie, straight from hell.
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It’s called resurrection, actually.
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In September, a man greeted me after church, thanked me for my sermon, and said, “I really hope we can be friends.” I didn’t know that was the last time I’d see him, until today. Tonight, I prayed Psalm 91 at his bedside while he struggled to breathe.
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I’m really not sure* Beth Moore leaving a non-affirming (baptist) church for a non-affirming (liturgical) church is the win some people think it is. Both are death-dealing for LGBTQ people.
*I am, in fact, sure.
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Gay brunch after gay church is a sacrament. Don’t @ me, I don’t make the rules
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If you invite some strange woman to be in our engagement photos, then we can’t be together.
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On that first Holy Saturday—when the crucified Jesus smashed the gates of hell and death to bits—I wonder if first he went straight to Judas, the one he still called friend.
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When St. Thomas renovated their worship space, surviving members wrote the names of every person they lost to AIDS on the wooden planks that would be placed in the rafters. They continue to worship and pray beneath those names to this day.
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“What do you study?”
“Divinity—so like theology, history, ethics, etc.”
“Well I knew this one religious guy and he was a HUGE hypocrite & your bible is wrong because science is real & god is an imaginary friend for people who are afraid to die & religion is anti gay bullshi-
"what do you study?"
"Chemistry"
"caN You mAKe mETh?!"
(Yes I can. Most of us could. We just choose not to.)
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Can I put, “was in the same room as the Obamas” on my resume?
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Fundamentalists spend more time thinking about queer sex than queer people do. It’s disturbing.
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Sometimes I remember my dad dated the mom from Spy Kids and idk what to do with that information
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crying!! in front of everyone!!! while reading the prologue of John’s gospel 🥴
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What’s the most insane thing a man has ever said to you? I just got mine: “You’re too pretty to be religious.”
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*cough*
Clergy undergo more rigorous training than police.
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Jesus (literally) this is such a bad take.
- It’s factually inaccurate to pretend “life begins at conception” has been the dominate view among Christians throughout history
- the Hebrew Bible appears to suggest life doesn’t begin at conception
- women are going to die
it’s astounding how the Left has infected Christianity to the point that Christians won’t celebrate the outstanding victory in Alabama.
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Professors stop requiring books that went out of print 10+ years ago challenge
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They quickly earned the nickname, “the hospice church” because it’s where many in the community would go to die. It was a name they wore with honor, because they trusted a God who does not abandon any one of us to the power of death— so neither would they.
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It’s amazing how you can be over 20 years old, but the moment you put on tennis shoes with jeans you become an overweight 7th grader again.
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Happy hump day, the rich will enter the kingdom of God but not as they were!
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Help. Someone stop me from saying “It rly be like that” in my sermon.
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Here’s a pic of my eyebrow arch this morning when I told the Episcopalians that their baptismal covenant is political af
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*whispers* This was my first semester of grad school, I took an above average course load, weathered moderate anxiety and depression, somehow managed a 4.0, AND grappled with an unexpected shift in vocation.
*shouts* I’m so goddamn proud of myself.
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Despite regular threats, they continue to show up with (and to)
#DallasPride
as testament to their history AND as witnesses to the radical care and love of Jesus. I am so proud to love and be loved by them — these Doubters of Great Faith.
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LGBTQ+ people are so sick of being the subject of your committee meetings.
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Seminary days? More like, seminary [g]ays! 🏳️🌈 In 2014, if you had told me I’d be going to seminary, I would’ve laughed in your face. Today I’m thrilled to announce that I have accepted a full-tuition grant to earn my Master of Divinity (M.Div.) at
@BriteDivinity
!
#FaithfullyLGBT
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This place and it’s dear, dear people never withheld the rite of Christian burial from anyone who died of AIDS. At the epidemic’s peak, they were having 4-6 funerals a week, for both members and nonmembers alike.
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Here’s a banner they made for Dallas Pride in 1988. Many of these names were refugees from other churches, were surviving partners, or were themselves dying.
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Emerging from the midterm fog to say that there IS a way to be very gay and very Christian without adopting “heretic” as an edgy self descriptor.
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In the town I went to college in, there was only one church willing to call me good, and I found them because of a small rainbow flag on the corner of their property.
That rainbow flag meant nothing less than life or death for me.
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Me, placing the Sacrament in a child’s hand: “The Body of Christ, the bread of heaven.”
Them, squealing in delight: “Woah. Thank you!”
Oh, to have such wonder.
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