This is a special Jesus Blog for “Coming Out Month.” Please grasp the heart of this message, but please keep yourself safe. You know your situation. Do not do anything rash that can put you (or your living situation) at risk. If you are in that kind of circumstance, but feel like it is time to come out, seek wisdom and help from others so you are not alone. More today from my Saturday “Jesus Blog” – a word from... Read more
Trapped in the “wrong” body? Forced to live in a way that contradicts the gender you know in your heart and soul you are? Transgender people have unique difficult issues – one of which is believing that God loves them exactly as they are. Many of my readers struggle with this, and I get this question a lot. I look forward to sharing one of those questions, and my answer, with all of you today. I write Dear Susan posts... Read more
Opinions are flying. Media is abuzz. Government demanding pastors’ to turn over their sermons on homosexuality. I am not writing this to tell you if it’s good or bad. I’d rather tell you WHY it’s happening. I am sure you saw the stories from FoxNews and others. The City of Houston demands to see pastors’ sermons on anything about homosexuality, gender, or its openly gay mayor. Here’s the deal: government really isn’t supposed to mess around in what the church... Read more
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“You want to shove those words back in and put the lid on. But you can’t. Your child is gay. This goes against everything you’ve been taught. It was not what you had in mind, and you instantly wonder where you went wrong.” When you become a parent, you know to expect the unexpected. But for many Christian parents, nothing can prepare them to hear that their beloved child is gay. This is the child you have cradled, spoon fed... Read more
Too many in the non-affirming church say this type of thing… Gays are just born ‘broken’, a result of sin, family curse, tendencies that are not ‘God’s ideal.’ Gays can’t help it – but they need to be ‘fixed.’ People have no idea how deeply offensive this is and how contrary to the truth and teachings of Jesus, and the heart of God. Many believe those things because it is how they have been taught, it is what they have... Read more
“If these young people, in moments of exhaustion or anger or complete desperation, do share that deepest of secrets with their Christian parents, and even if those parents do choose not to disown them or expel them, something else happens almost instantly; the whole family goes into the closet together; into a second hiding.” We have met and worked with so many parents and families who are living in the “second closet” – hiding from other family members, hiding from their... Read more
As parents of LGBTQ children, sometimes we are just starting to be at peace with our child coming out and they drop a bomb on us that the love in their life wants to sleep over! Okey dokey then. Something else to deal with. It’s all part of this journey of growth, trust and unconditional love. I write Dear Susan posts every Friday. Sometimes they will be poignant, sometimes thought-provoking, sometimes tender, sometimes funny… but hopefully always worth the read. ... Read more
Do people make you feel like you’re different because you’re LGBTQ? Maybe you’re the parent of a child who has been called ‘different’ because they are gay. I want to share a story you might relate to. 🙂 I’m a single man, going on thirty-three Folks are probably wondering if there’s something wrong with me Shouldn’t you be married by now? Find a nice girl and settle down? But God knows that kind of life ain’t in the cards for... Read more
I’ve been thinking of you – as I always do! – and the oppression of being told to live in a way it’s not possible for you to live. (I’m talking about being told to somehow live straight when you’re gay.) What a day-in day-out grind it is to live contrary to who you are, as you were created. I’ve experienced that in small ways myself, and it is horrible. The worst part is being told that God wants, even requires, you to... Read more
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