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The Birth of Jesus: A Sermon

A man in an argyle sweater speaks at a clear lectern during GLIDE's Thanksgiving celebration.

A Sermon by Marvin K. White In those days, a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in […]

You Are the Seventh Day: A Sermon by Marvin K. White

A Sermon by Marvin K. White I wanna keep talking to you about Luke, and Luke in the Bible, the book of Luke. And what we know about Luke is that Luke wasn’t even there when Jesus lived or died. So Luke got all of his information from other people who were there, or he […]

I AM GLIDE: BREAKING THE SILENCE AROUND SUICIDE

This witness was presented by Grace Oakes during Celebration on September 11, 2022. Good morning Glide family. I am so honored to be giving the witness today, and I am here to continue breaking the silence around suicide. I first came to Glide in 2013. I had lost my sister Michelle to suicide, and I […]

Show Your Work: A Sermon

A Sermon by Marvin K. White I’m gonna share just a few words with you today. This is my Bible. Sometimes I believe it, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I know there are lies and inconsistencies. And I know most of the people who were writing about the things that they were writing about weren’t even […]

A Safe Place to Learn and See by Rick Ross

No one ever talked about racism in my house growing up. No one ever explained to me why John Jackson, the only black kid in my seventh grade class at St. John’s Catholic Church was not welcome at my house. But the one time he did come over to my house, my mother made it […]

Benediction

Two women dressed in white sit together on stage at GLIDE's Easter celebration, one speaking into a red microphone, white lilies in the foreground.

Please Stand and Dance as you are Willing and able to Receive the Benediction. Go, for this is not a funeral.We are not eulogizing the past.We are not burying our history.We will offer no Bleeding Heart wreathsOr bring out sobbing Sister JohnsonTo start off the crying. Go, for this is not a death.This is a […]

Communion

Two women dressed in white sit together on stage at GLIDE's Easter celebration, one speaking into a red microphone, white lilies in the foreground.

(Invite Ushers to Come Down) He then took the can of baby powder, opened and sprinkled it saying, “Girl, know that here, on this thresh, on this altar, we dance. This baby powder is our mighty cloud of witness. It is my reminder to you that this life is about your carry-on. Your capacity to […]

Witness

Two women dressed in white sit together on stage at GLIDE's Easter celebration, one speaking into a red microphone, white lilies in the foreground.

(Person walks down to the altar. Places disco ball. Is spritzed with levanian water. Exits.) We dance, clap and shout because present dance is about meta-cognition and having a knowing about knowing and dancing about dancing. It’s always about having each other’s backs and being of one spine. We dance in every direction because we […]

The Sermon

Two women dressed in white sit together on stage at GLIDE's Easter celebration, one speaking into a red microphone, white lilies in the foreground.

When Friday came, they were all together in one place, Club Taboo. Suddenly a sound like the popping of fried chicken grease on some grandmother’s hand, the speaker crackling of a DJ’s gospel house music, a tambourine, a cow bell, a centering silence, a poem, a song, and a violent wind came from seemingly nowhere […]

Call and Response & Covenantal Reading

Two women dressed in white sit together on stage at GLIDE's Easter celebration, one speaking into a red microphone, white lilies in the foreground.

LGBTQ+ Child: (Seeing their mama dancing by herself) Mama what you dancing to? Mama: House music. LGBTQ+ Child: Mama, what is house music? Mama: You remember when your uncle Frankie and your uncle Larry would spin you around so many times that when they put you down all you could do was laugh and be […]