I know. I know. It took Jesus less time to raise Lazarus from the dead that it’s taking me to write about it. Brevity has never been a gift of mine, but we’ll get to the end eventually. Lazarus has been dead four days and it wasn’t forest-scented potpourri filling the air. (vs. 39) Without [...]

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Lazarus came out of the grave, not out of the closet. He was dead, not gay. I, on the other hand, am gay and when I read and reflect on the words of Scripture it becomes the living, breathing, inspiring word of God to the extent I find meaning in its pages that speak to [...]

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I’d been a children’s pastor in a large conservative evangelical church for about a dozen years and my big “I’m a lesbian!” self-revelation was still two years in the future. On one of my errand days for the church I stopped off at Elmer’s Flag and Banner Store to pick up flags to be used [...]

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Dear Closeted SisterFriend, You’ve been in my thoughts and prayers in recent days even more so than usual and there are a few things I want to say to you, just between us, SisterFriend to SisterFriend. I just want to assure you that you’re not under any obligation to come out of the closet until [...]

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Turn up the volume and click the right arrow to hear what is the one most true thing. ["You Are Being Loved" by Steven Curtis Chapman from his album "This Moment"] You Are Being Loved

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I want to spend some time over the next few posts talking about the whole coming out experience, but before I jump into the middle of things I want to let you know where I am in all this since anything I have to offer is limited to what I’ve personally experienced in my own [...]

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I’m in the middle of working on a couple posts that will be popping up over the next couple days. In the meantime, I thought I’d point you in the direction of a few excellent entries on blogs I stalk faithfully read. Shush over at !*[emphatic asterisk] has posted a couple entries in recent days [...]

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D and I met in 1999. In the summer of 2001 we registered as legal domestic partners in the State of California. Six years ago today D and I were married. In the photographic images above D is the radiant dark-haired beauty. I’m the dewy-eyed, bottle-enhanced blond with the goofy grin stuck on her face. [...]

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After the last entry I feel like I owe you something a little more lighthearted and since I have a head cold that’s knocked the funny right out of my brain, I recommend you click and dash over to Jon’s Stuff Christians Like. If you’ve gone to church all your life or at least long [...]

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