LGBTQ+ Spirituality – Randy Scobey

LGBTQ+ Spirituality Unpacking Exgay Speak

The Reality Behind Restored Hope Network

November 29, 2021 4Comments 1Like 9Views

About a year before Exodus closed, the Restored Hope Network (RHN) formed out of a theologically and culturally driven split within the Exodus Member Ministries networks. Every once in a while, someone will ask me what they are doing, which isn't much nowadays. The only "new" ministries they add are old Exodus ministries. Exodus InternationalRestored…

Everything Has Changed

November 14, 2021 2Comments 0Likes 3Views

I can honestly say everything has completely changed for the good since coming out almost seven years ago. I am living a dream I once thought forbidden and unattainable. Joy, not religious stigma, is the context of my life today in several ways. Here are a few examples of how... Being a Husband Dan…

LGBTQ+ Spirituality OUTside The Stained Glass Closet Sunday Morning Musings

Don’t Fret Susan, Jesus & I Are Great!

September 5, 2021 15Comments 0Likes 4Views

I have wanted to but wrestled with responding to this comment. However, I am going to because of the ex-gay/conversion ministry messaging in it; Susan E. writes: I read through your entire blog and it reveals that God is not and never was enough for you. Giving in to sin and justifying it before people…

LGBTQ+ Spirituality Sunday Morning Musings

Sunday Morning Musings: There Was Not A “Fall” from Grace, I Moved Forward in Christ

August 29, 2021 5Comments 0Likes 3Views

Ex-gay/Conversion Ministry Leader Linda Seiler wrote what I would consider a condescending note on Facebook titled, "Why Ex-gay Leaders Go Back." When I wrote a similar article to hers back in the day, I feared that the leaders who left our ranks were leading people astray with substantial consequences. Unfortunately, from what Linda wrote,…

LGBTQ+ Spirituality OUTside The Stained Glass Closet

We Are Not Broken

July 19, 2021 8Comments 0Likes 4Views

“There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am, and it's enough.” ― Fr. Richard Rohr Let's start this article with something simple to say, yet so many of us have struggled a lifetime to embrace: *You* are not broken. *I* am not broken. *We* are human. We are beings…

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“Pray Away” picked up by Murphy, Blum, and Netflix

May 16, 2021 0Comments 0Likes 4Views

That Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum are quite popular fellas. I am still pinching myself after the news of these two powerhouse super-creatives picked up Pray Away, and it will be airing internationally on Netflix sometime in August. I have to say, as a long time fan of both of these guys, a wee…

LGBTQ+ Spirituality OUTside The Stained Glass Closet

A Message On Tolerance from A “Barking…Rainbow Protestor”

July 15, 2017 2Comments 0Likes 0Views

From time to time I will take messages I read (or receive) from ex-gay/conversion ministry leaders and turn them into blog posts. Will quote them verbatim but the bolded/italicized/underlined parts of their quotes are my emphasis. - Randy ------- RHN Director Anne Paulk writes on June 16th and republishes on July 10th: "Tolerance is a two-way street.…