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THE SPOILS OF EGYPT<\/strong>: No matter how interesting or acute its analysis in other respects, I mistrust any Christian discussion of same-sex attraction that leaves out the good parts.<\/p>\n

I know some people\u2019s experiences are very different from mine, but my experience of Sapphism was and is shot through with beauty, compassion, friendship, generosity, and forgiveness, like golden threads in cloth. Other people get that stuff without the problematic sexual stuff, but I can only work with the memories and experiences that I actually have, and many of my most intense experiences of recognizing beauty and being halfway okay at loving people come from being in love with ladies.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I say that I\u2019m \u201cacting on my lesbian desires<\/a>\u201d when those desires prompt me to be less-horrible-than-usual about seeking Christ and serving Him and other people. Keep what you can, leave what you must, you know?<\/p>\n

My fingers are dreaming and rolling in plunder<\/em>
Of someone who waits only in memory,<\/em>
Who calls in the rain and sighs in the thunder\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"