I have pretty much always been a spiritual person. I spent most of my formative (8 – 18) years growing up in a ultra conservative Christian church. During those years my life, especially socially, was consumed by the church. While I have reconciled my spiritual upbringing and recognized it does not reflect my spiritual beliefs I dearly miss spiritual connection and community. Over the past, almost twenty year, I have in many ways sought to develop a spiritual community that truly communicates that which is not always tangible, that which lives in the liminal spaces. I have explored many traditions — paganism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Unitarian Universalism — and while many parts of these traditions speak to me, none has felt whole. What I am beginning to recognize is perhaps there is nothing “prepackaged” that can fill this void, but rather it is a individual (and embodied) discovery of personal spirituality outside the walls of a singular, and perhaps any, tradition.

But the desire for spiritual community, in general, and queer spiritual community in particular remains. The desire to be a queer, spiritual individual in community is a very real longing for me. Yesterday, I was discussing this with N and it suddenly dawned on me that perhaps I have been going about this the wrong way in trying to find community within a particular tradition. What if I simply put this out to other queer individuals that might also be looking for spiritual community where each of us holds a safe and supported space where we can talk about being spiritual people? A space that’s sole purpose is to create spiritual community. Let this not confused with looking to create spirituality, religion, a church, etc, but rather a intent to hold a regular gathering of spiritually minded queers to dialogue and be in community. A space where queerness isn’t merely an accepted alternative, but rather a common thread. And a space where any tradition or no tradition can come together and learn from each other.

Is this possible? Is there interest? Thoughts? Comments?