Thrive
Fridays are for the softer stuff: the lessons, the stumbles, the small victories, and the moments that remind me I’m still here, still trying, still becoming.
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This series explores the phenomenon of why so many rabid anti-LGBTQ+ Christian and Christian Nationalist leaders are gay and living in the church closet. (Other posts in the series linked below.) Quick Note: In my previous post, I said I would talk about “the abused become the abuser” dynamic. I will admit my headspace is…
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With respect, Supreme Court, please uphold the Colorado Ban on conversion therapy for minors. #supremecourt #conversiontherapy
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This is a series exploring the phenomenon of why so many rabid anti-LGBTQ+ Christian and Christian Nationalist leaders are gay and living in the church closet. (Parts 1 & 2 summarized & linked below.) Duh duhmmmmm–previously on Closet Curses… (Thoughts on Community and Peer pressure are after the summaries of the two reels) Now about…
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Especially in today’s political and cultural climate. “Both (types of empathy) matter. One keeps our hearts soft; the other keeps our minds open.” Most of the time when we hear the word empathy, most of us think about feeling what someone else feels. That’s true—but it’s only half the picture. There are actually two types…
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A big win surrounded by enormous loss made for one helluva emotional roller-coaster week. I have gotten too many emails/messages that I won’t be able to get to so this is an update. Love you all.
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Inspired by Anne Heche “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” Psalm 139:13-14 NIV The Draw… There’s a strange and powerful draw in being noticed by someone the world…
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My former church is teaching that hell as a western evangelical culture construct doesn’t exist. I love that for them. I believe hell is a manipulative construct by church leaders to force conformity in belief and behavior. This construct has been built into the foundation of the culturally driven church for so long that most…
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Do you believe in hell? I don’t and apparently my former pastor now doesn’t either… that set off one of our haters (of course it did). I will be writing about hell, the devil, demons on my Substack tomorrow or over the weekend. What do you think about all of that?
