Today it is our honor to highlight a terrific interview of Sara Cunningham conducted by Jen Hatmaker on her podcast "For the Love With Jen Hatmaker." We have been connected with Sara through social media and appreciate her passion and commitment to loving not only her children, but showing unconditional love to all LGBT+ children. Thank you, Sara! Also, a big thank you to Jen Hatmaker as well for highlighting Sara's story and giving us permission to republish the interview and transcript …
Pulse, Two Years Later
Two days ago I walked into my regular day job wearing my rainbow Pulse ribbon as a way to honor the 49 who were murdered at Pulse nightclub two years ago. While the scale of destruction didn't rise to the level of 9/11 in New York City, in Orlando and the LGBT+ community at large, that morning felt almost as bad as 9/11. For many it felt worse as they learned they had lost a family member or beloved friend. I will not forget waking up to the frantic calls and texts from loved ones around the …
Finding My True Self
When I was in my twenties, several of my close friends died of AIDS. They were agonizing deaths, full of pain and fear, and I found myself grappling with the unanswerable questions that come when loved ones die young. In my quest for comfort and support, a friend at work invited me to his church. At Pride parades in West Hollywood, I had seen Christians with signs telling gay people they were going to burn in hell, so church wasn’t a place I expected to find anything other than condemnation, but …
Is The “Revoice” Conference LGBT+ Affirming?
Is the "Revoice" Conference LGBT+ affirming? Yes in the sense of identity and similar experience in dealing with the church and a definite no in some key relational and spiritual matters. Lately I have experienced flashbacks of the closing days of Exodus International watching hardline ex-gay activists and other evangelical leaders on Twitter condemn a new organization called Revoice. Revoice President Nate Collins was an acquaintance during my last few years at Exodus. I appreciate his …
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It’s Time To Thrive – Pride 2018 Post
It's fitting that our first inaugural blog post should come on June 1st which is the kickoff of Pride month 2018. Gay Pride provides a strong example of the conflict between religious stigma and living honestly. It highlights a few reasons we want to help people transition out of fear and into freedom. Pride parades, events, parties always caused a huge internal conflict for me while I was in the ex-gay world. Back then, I bought into the lie that all "gay pride" was about was licentious …
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