Hi Friends, I am sharing a devotional I wrote on Romans 1 with you. “Confessions of a Closeted Book Thrower” releases Friday, January 19, 2018 on Join the Journey. If you are looking for a daily devotional join me on The Journey every day. The format is blog style with the ability to comment. This … Continue reading Confessions of a Closeted Book Thrower
If you filled in the blank with a four-letter word, it expresses the sentiment I felt the first time I heard of people choosing celibacy over same-sex relationships. Former gay-identified Dr. Christopher Yuan calls this a holy sexuality: pursuing a relationship with Christ through surrendering our desires and attractions to Him daily and living in sexual … Continue reading Holy ________!
As a post–gay Christian, I was interested in how Nancy Pearcey would navigate the muddy waters of faith, sexuality, and gender in her new book “Love Thy Body.” Pearcey laid the groundwork based on “the choice of affirming or rejecting the goodness of God’s intended design for our bodies and sexuality.” Almost every page of … Continue reading Change the Question
Betrayal has been a thread woven in and out of my life. Nowhere has it been more evident than in matters of the Christian faith. From my late teen years to my mid–twenties I spent the majority of my time connected to a para–church organization. Admittedly, my motivation for being a part of this group … Continue reading When Faith Feels Like Betrayal
In my post My Lingering Question I asked, “What did my sexuality need to be redeemed from, and what was it going to be restored to?” As I concluded I needed to be redeemed from self-preservation, that in turn brought to the forefront the question, What was God going to restore me to? Which caused a great deal … Continue reading Restored to What?
In part one of this series I stated, “If I am honest I struggle with the concept of ‘sin nature’ for many of the same reasons I do with the ‘born this way’ mindset. If sin is an inherited trait then my freedom of choice is diminished.” From my study of Genesis 1 and 2, humanity … Continue reading Gay or a Sinner? Pt. 2
Hopes Place at the Table 