Helgen also included a reference to pop star Taylor Swift and “her Swifty fans and all music that inspires us.” “I believe, glorious God, help my unbelief, Amen.”Īfter the nearly all-white congregation responded “Amen,” Helgen then lifted up a prayer “Trusting in God’s expansive and inclusive love” for LGBT-“plus” leaders, city officials, first responders, and “for anyone who feels excluded on account of their gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other human distinction.” I believe in the calling to each of us that love is love is love, so beloved let us love. I believe in the church of everyday saints, as numerous, creative and resilient as patches on the … quilt, whose feet are grounded in mud and whose eyes gaze at the stars in wonder. “I believe in the rainbow spirit who shatters our image of one white light and refracts it into a rainbow of gorgeous diversity.
“I believe in Jesus Christ, their child, who wore a fabulous tunic, and had two dads and saw everyone as a sibling child of God. “I believe in the nonbinary God, whose pronouns are plural,” Helgen said.
In this prayer, Helgen recited a statement of faith known on social media as the “sparkle creed.” | Screenshot/YouTubeĪ female Lutheran pastor in Minnesota has gone viral for leading her congregation in a “sparkle creed” prayer in honor of LGBT pride month in which she described God as “nonbinary” and Christ Jesus as having “two dads.”Īnna Helgen, co-pastor of Edina Community Lutheran Church (ECLC) in Edina, a suburb of Minneapolis, delivered the prayer during a Sunday service live stream on June 25, when she called on members of the church to stand in honor of the “sparkle creed.” Anna Helgen, co-pastor of Edina Community Lutheran Church (ECLC), is seen during a Sunday service live stream.
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