I was involved in children’s ministry for 15 years in a church of over 6000 people. With three morning services the sanctuary was always packed and so were the Sunday School classrooms. No matter how many snacks I loaded up in my SUV or how many crafts supplies I snipped and stapled late into the [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by another one of our SisterFriends.

Every love story is unique and special.  They each have their own special magic and chemistry.  This love story, although it didn’t travel an easy road, is very special to me.  It is my love story.
Living in a small southern town [...]

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The following story was contributed by Susan Gage who has her own grand and glorious blog over at Wake Up and Live.
When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by one of our cherished SisterFriends.

As we took the morning bus to school we would hold hands under are jackets in fear someone might see. I was fourteen and didn’t understand why something that felt so natural was viewed as an awful sinful thing.
I was told [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by Cristi.
I grew up hearing that God loved me and knew that was true in my head but getting it into my heart was a struggle and sometimes it still is. I became a Christian when I was twelve, but I recommitted my life [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by Rachel over at A Christian Feminist Journey. This is the letter Rachel wrote in coming out to her friends.

I’ve decided that its time to come out of the shadows. There’s no especially easy way to tell people that you love that you’ve been keeping something [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by Tiffany.
I am a transsexual Christian.  In that sentence, the word “transsexual” is an adjective.  An adjective is a word that describes. It tells the reader an attribute I possess.  I have the attribute of being a transgender woman.  I like to explain it this [...]

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This personal story was generously contributed to SisterFriends Together by Sherrill Morris.
When I started seminary in 1989, there were two important things I didn’t know. First, that I was a lesbian, and second, that my denomination would pass a ruling explicitly banning the ordination and licensing of lesbians and gay men in our four-state [...]

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This personal story that opens our week-long series leading up to Holy Week was contributed by Kathy.
My story is not all that exceptional.  I came out at the age of 43. I suppose that seems late in life to some people but it was just the right time for me.  As I look back [...]

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This personal story was submitted by Andrea and is the winning entry among the twenty submissions received in the First Annual SisterFriends Writing Contest. It’s an honor to share Andrea’s story with you along with the other stories that will be posted in the coming weeks.
In thinking about writing this story my mind has gone [...]

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