Gay Spirituality

Some of you may not know Jeff Altergott or his music.  Jeff’s a singer/songerwriter from the Chicago area and has been the musical guest at Between the Worlds on a couple of occasions.  His song, Brothers Beautiful, was inspired by his experience at Between the Worlds and is one of my favorite songs for a number of reasons.

Primarily, I like this song because it reminds me of the brotherhood that exists in my spiritual community.  We don’t always agree or get along but we’re still connected.  I’ve been reading a lot about the interconnectedness of all of us lately and that seems to be a theme that keeps coming back.  I think Jeff’s song in many ways captures that idea or feeling, at least it does for me.

Saturday night, my partner and I hosted a get-together of friends.  A large group of us got together and had dinner, went to see a movie and then came back to our home for dessert.   It was a beautiful night and reinforced this idea of brotherhood for me.  What was especially significant is that some of the people that attended didn’t know each other well.   And some of them have had some differences in the past.  But for one delightful evening, it seemed that everyone forgot about their differences, their disagreements and their baggage and just spent time being together.  To me that is in many ways the real essence of gay spirituality.  Just being together regardless of our differences or similarilities.