When I tried the school cafeteria’s apple crisp for the first time in eighth grade I regretted all the delicious squares of apple crisp I’d given away to my class mates over the years because it had looked too icky to eat. I wished I’d tried the apple crisp sooner.
When I came out as a [...]

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The other day I had an appointment with an occupational therapist to go over guidelines and suggestions for my post-surgical care as well as preparing me for the final surgery that will be coming up in a few weeks. After a hand-shake and introductions our conversation went something like this:
OT:     “So it’s been three weeks [...]

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“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your [...]

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I’ve been obese all my life. I spent my life transitioning from baby fat to chubby to overweight to obese to morbidly obese.  I only knew what it was to be the biggest kid in every class and the largest woman in every gathering. There were limitations on my life because of my weight. There [...]

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I’m not embarrassed to say that this middle-aged lesbian American has a rather significant though purely platonic love-crush on Jon Birch, the mastermind, artist, and frequently heretical Brit behind ASBO Jesus.
While Jon’s archive is filled with wonderful pieces on homosexuality and being gay, this most recent one was especially moving because while reality for most [...]

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Based on several of the comments to my previous posts, I want to clear up my intention on the previous and upcoming posts on relationships. Here’s what I’m not doing. I’m not telling you there’s a right way and a wrong way to any of this, at least in the areas I’m currently addressing. Trust [...]

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I’d set aside a couple hours the other day to write a blog post but when I signed onto my Wordpress account there was a notification banner for a new version of the software to be installed. Like the dutiful little blogger I am I backed up my database and followed the usual installation process. [...]

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Have you ever sought the approval of others or been obsessed with what others think about you?
No. Wait. I’m probably the only one.
Or am I? Maybe I’m wrong.
Do you think I’m wrong?
I wonder if you think this is a weak opening. Do you think it is?
Maybe it’s not good enough and I should start all [...]

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For Such A Time As This
When I wrote the other day that I believe we are who we are and we love who we love because it’s by God’s design and for God’s purpose that we’re GLBTQ people; when I called being gay a divine calling, a holy vocation and for the sake of the [...]

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