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So often the dialogue now everywhere around us about the relationship between homosexuality and Christianity remains at a stratum of concern just above where people actually live and breathe. I wanted to bring the whole issue right down into people\u2019s lives, which is the only place it really matters anyway. Moreover, as a writer I yearned to create and explore a fictional narrative; I wanted to tell a story. (And I will be \u2014 and not just about LGBT-Christian relations. I look forward, for instance, to introducing onto the show the character of Hussein, a Muslim-American.)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the second episode of The Smith Family Chronicles,<\/em> a story I\u2019m now telling via the free tools available at extranormal.com.<\/a> The first episode in this series is Jane Smith Comes Out to Her Evangelical Father.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Tune in right here every Friday morning for a new episode of The Smith Family Chronicles.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike\u201d The Smith Family Chronicles on Facebook.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"