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2016-05-09T19:42:34-05:00

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Life is Short Enough. Don’t Give Yours Away.

Last updated on: May 9, 2016 at 7:42 pm By Susan Cottrell

Time flies whether you’re having fun or not. Mary Engelbreit. Mother’s Day. My sweet husband had posted this picture of me when my children were young, and I marveled at my youthful face… I received Skype calls from four children and a phone call from the fifth one whose Skype didn’t work. <3 And I noted my kids as they called had that same youthful face! That smooth skin, that life. LIFE. Time flies – that’s my point! Time flies... Read more

2016-07-09T08:08:49-05:00

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Love or Hate? It’s in the Eye of the Receiver

Last updated on: July 9, 2016 at 8:08 am By Susan Cottrell

“What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.” Isaiah 5:20-21. Christianity has been used in many ways throughout history: to support slavery, to demean women, to abuse children, to oppress LGBTQ people, to empower the powerful, to keep the powerless in line.... Read more

2016-04-20T20:41:48-05:00

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Heads Up Anti-Gay Church: The Parents Are Coming!

Last updated on: April 20, 2016 at 8:41 pm By Susan Cottrell

You may believe that by teaching against homosexuality, you are keeping people from being LGBTQ or allies. That may be why you think you teach that way. But you don’t really understand this at all. In my moms group — a secret FB group of moms of LGBTQ kids — we talk about the ways we’ve been treated (vilified and rejected), with our thoughts toward healing not only of ourselves and our beloved children but of your children whom you... Read more

2016-04-21T11:17:29-05:00

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‘Poison in a Pretty Package’ – Landon Schott’s Book “Gay Awareness”

Last updated on: April 21, 2016 at 11:17 am By Robert Cottrell

It’s a dangerous book, a deadly message and you should know about it. It is Gay Awareness, the new book by Landon Schott. Kathy Baldock, a dear friend and the author of Walking the Bridgeless Canyon, did an absolutely superb job with this Amazon review and I wanted to share it with you. Here you go… Texas-based, traveling evangelist Landon Schott is certainly not unique in his strongly anti-gay theological and ideological beliefs. His lack of academic integrity and immature... Read more

2016-04-07T22:17:47-05:00

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What If You Don’t Feel Like Anyone’s Idol?

Last updated on: April 7, 2016 at 10:17 pm By Susan Cottrell

The American Idol Finale. For fifteen years we have watched as this show has turned out countless megastars. On the final show, Trent became the last Idol to become a household name, the last of the big winners, the last American Idol. Okay, what about the rest of us? What about you, slogging away, doing your own work day after day, and no one knows your name? What about you who are barely making it to the next day, barely... Read more

2016-04-05T19:35:37-05:00

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Stop Pretending God Endorses Your Homophobia

Last updated on: April 5, 2016 at 7:35 pm By Susan Cottrell

People have always been bigoted—in any number of ways. Jesus’ enormous challenge to “love your neighbor” and the accompanying, “everyone’s your neighbor” is part of the challenge to overcome our bigotry, to love in spite of our inclination to turn away and say, “No.” If it were easy, everyone would do it. But there are not two sides to this. This is crystal clear if you just think it through. Take out the word “gays” and insert the word “blacks.”... Read more

2017-04-14T08:47:48-05:00

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To Worried Christian Parents of LGBTQ Children

Last updated on: April 14, 2017 at 8:47 am By Susan Cottrell

I write today to Christian parents of LGBTQ children who are worried about their kids. Struggling with this whole thing. From a Mom’s heart to yours. Easter is the day Christians celebrate new life in a risen Savior. It’s a day to think about crucifixion and resurrection. What God is calling us to do versus what we want. It’s a day of new beginnings. My favorite memories of Easter as a child are the Easter baskets (of course!), the matching... Read more

2016-03-23T11:03:02-05:00

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Sharing My Heart, My Vision, My Hope

Last updated on: March 23, 2016 at 11:03 am By Susan Cottrell

We recently announced my new book with Westminster John Knox Press, and launched our new FreedHearts website. As we make these changes – and there is more exciting news to come! – I want to share my heart, my vision and my hope. From my heart to yours. 🙂 If you are in the evangelical church, or if you are in the LGBTQ community, you know that the church today is fractured. Parents love their children to the ends of... Read more

2016-03-17T19:47:17-05:00

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Don’t You Dare Tell Me My Opinion is Invalid Because My Child Is Gay!

Last updated on: March 17, 2016 at 7:47 pm By Susan Cottrell

I have five adult children I love with all my heart. Two of them identify as queer. Wild horses would not cause me to reject any one of them. Ever. These are my precious children. My MAIN JOB is to love them. Nurture them. Protect them. Have their back. Educate them. Correct them when they are young. Direct them when they are adolescents. Let them go when they are older teens. Give them my best wisdom when they seek it.... Read more

2016-03-08T16:37:31-05:00

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The Story of the Prodigal Transgender Daughter

Last updated on: March 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm By Susan Cottrell

Let me give a new twist to an old story. Mitchell had fought back the growing awareness that deep down, despite all outward appearances, he was really a she. His family—well, everyone—had always called him “he,” had always called him Mitchell… but deep down, where no one could see, “he” was a “she.” And she was Marisa. But he had no idea how he would tell his father. No idea… No help. Mitchell wrote a note: “Dear Dad, I cannot live this... Read more

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