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 [...]

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Okay . . . . here’s the last four from me. You can’t predict how people will respond when you come out to them. People can surprise you with their responses either way, and either way you have no control over people’s feelings or reactions. Everyone wants to protect the people they love from being [...]

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Before I jump into some general thought around the whole wild and wacky coming out process, I want to be really clear that I’m not suggesting you come out . . . If you live anywhere in the world where coming out would jeopardize your physical safety or freedom. If you’re a queer youth or [...]

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My experience in coming out to my parents was best described by one of the participants interviewed in the documentary For the Bible Tells Me So. When she was asked how it was when she came out to her mother she paused and then with a thoughtful look and a smile responded, “It was remarkably [...]

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Jon over at The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus has done in one illustration what would take me a thousand words to say…or more.

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Oh. I forgot one widdle biddy piece of the story. In John 11 the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead plays all the way out from sickness to death to grave to new life. The chapter ends with the Sanhedrin gathering to discuss the problem of Jesus and ultimately determining to take his [...]

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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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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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