Entries from January 2006

Out of the Box

Date January 1, 2006

I am 31 and the oldest of two girls from a family that began in the Midwest and then migrated south (I have since returned to God’s country - Minnesota!). I know it sounds cliché, but I always knew I was different. As a kid of 6 or 7 years old, I would invite girls [...]

Never Too Old: Joy’s Story

Date January 1, 2006

Just over a year ago, I ended a 35 year marriage because I had come to the point where a big part of me was dying inside, trying to pretend to be “a happily married heterosexual.” I was 57.
I’ve known I was attracted to girls since I was old enough to remember…like standing on the [...]

A Simple and Grateful Story

Date January 1, 2006

My story goes like this…
I was born in a small log cabin…okay, that’s not how it really started! The truth is I lived a semi-normal, typical dysfunctional Midwestern type childhood and adolescence. Small town mentality is a dangerous thing, especially to someone who knew instinctively that she didn’t fit or want to fit into being [...]

Questions Only God Could Answer

Date January 1, 2006

My acceptance as a Christian and a lesbian has been a process, much like any growing and maturing process. At first I believed that the two were not compatible and in order to follow the inclinations I was born with, I would have to turn my back on and deny my God. I did this [...]

A Place Where I Belong

Date January 1, 2006

I have always felt alone and ‘different.’ I just didn’t realize what the difference was until I was old enough to recognize that it was possible that I was a lesbian. My first experience with telling someone in my circle of friends about having lesbian thoughts, was to be convinced to attend some ex-gay meetings [...]

Letter to an Ex-Gay Friend

Date January 1, 2006

Dear Dee,
When I read your letter, I was so happy to know that you have finally found the peace you have been seeking after for so long. It always warms my heart to hear that people have found comfort in the Lord. Then, when I read the part where you quoted 1 Corinthians, I just [...]

Born Again . . . And Again

Date January 1, 2006

I was raised in a non-Christian, homophobic family. I became a Christian when I was nine years old. After watching a Billy Graham crusade on TV one evening, I went into my bedroom and asked Jesus to come into my heart. From then on I listened to every radio and TV preacher I could find [...]

Lesbian and Christian: Is It Really Possible?

Date January 1, 2006

I grew up in a family with no religion or spirituality whatsoever. I often refer to them as devout atheists. As a very young child, I was allowed, not without hesitation on my parent’s part, to attend church and Vacation Bible School with my Seventh Day Adventist aunt and cousins. Throughout elementary and junior high [...]

Merging Into Wholeness

Date January 1, 2006

I am many things, two of which are Christian and lesbian. Here’s the story of how the two started out as a separate series of events but finally integrated.
My first memory is of God’s Spirit being a very powerful presence in my life. I was three years old when I asked my mother how to [...]

The Call To Be A Shepherd

Date January 1, 2006

I can still remember feeling attracted to grown women at a very young age. For those of you that have seen the animated filmA Bug’s Life, I felt as though I was the mosquito being drawn in by the light. Ouch!
I was born and raised in San Francisco. It is also where I was found [...]