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2015-11-05T11:45:57-05:00

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When Our Daughter Came Out

Last updated on: November 5, 2015 at 11:45 am By Susan Cottrell

Four years ago our daughter came out to us. She was 20. Here’s one of my first thoughts: we’ll never be the same in the church. No kidding. My daughter is telling me something very intimate and scary, several thoughts are going through my head, and I am a little surprised to realize that one is about how the church relationship would never be the same. Not just our then-church but the evangelical tradition we’d been in for 20+ years.... Read more

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2014-10-21T09:43:16-05:00

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For Gay & For Straight – A Place At The Table

Last updated on: October 21, 2014 at 9:43 am By Susan Cottrell

Is there an empty chair at your table? Is your table big enough for everyone? Young and old? Women and men? Those who have hurt you? Those you have hurt? For gays, lesbians, transgender, bisexual, queer? Everyone? What about God’s table? Do you believe God welcomes everyone – as they are? This is Rob, Susan’s husband writing today. 🙂 I was moved to tears at a recent church service. It was organized by the Queer Alliance at a seminary, and... Read more

2014-10-20T09:19:59-05:00

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The Right Way to Love God?

Last updated on: October 20, 2014 at 9:19 am By Susan Cottrell

What does a “godly” person look like? Is there a right way to love God? Is there a correct path to follow Jesus? I recently returned from my fourth “Christian” conference of the year. January I was in Chicago for the Gay Christian Network Annual Conference, where some 700 people gathered to celebrate, learn, and share community. Rob and I were among 200 parents, the rest were LGBTQ people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, gathered in the name of... Read more

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2014-10-18T17:38:31-05:00

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Jesus Blog: Let Your True Colors Come Out

Last updated on: October 18, 2014 at 5:38 pm By Susan Cottrell

This is a special Jesus Blog for “Coming Out Month.” Please grasp the heart of this message, but please keep yourself safe. You know your situation. Do not do anything rash that can put you (or your living situation) at risk. If you are in that kind of circumstance, but feel like it is time to come out, seek wisdom and help from others so you are not alone. More today from my Saturday “Jesus Blog” – a word from... Read more

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2014-10-17T10:11:05-05:00

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Dear Susan: I Was Born Female, But Know I Am Male. Can God Approve Of Me?

Last updated on: October 17, 2014 at 10:11 am By Susan Cottrell

Trapped in the “wrong” body? Forced to live in a way that contradicts the gender you know in your heart and soul you are? Transgender people have unique difficult issues – one of which is believing that God loves them exactly as they are. Many of my readers struggle with this, and I get this question a lot. I look forward to sharing one of those questions, and my answer, with all of you today. I write Dear Susan posts... Read more

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2014-10-16T08:59:57-05:00

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Houston Demands Sermons – Guess Why It’s Happening

Last updated on: October 16, 2014 at 8:59 am By Susan Cottrell

Opinions are flying. Media is abuzz. Government demanding pastors’ to turn over their sermons on homosexuality. I am not writing this to tell you if it’s good or bad. I’d rather tell you WHY it’s happening. I am sure you saw the stories from FoxNews and others. The City of Houston demands to see pastors’ sermons on anything about homosexuality, gender, or its openly gay mayor. Here’s the deal: government really isn’t supposed to mess around in what the church... Read more

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2015-08-19T11:32:00-05:00

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From A Mom… If You Were My Gay Child, This Is What I Would Tell You

Last updated on: August 19, 2015 at 11:32 am By Susan Cottrell

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2017-01-10T22:46:44-05:00

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To Christian Parents of Gay Children

Last updated on: January 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm By Susan Cottrell

“You want to shove those words back in and put the lid on. But you can’t. Your child is gay. This goes against everything you’ve been taught. It was not what you had in mind, and you instantly wonder where you went wrong.” When you become a parent, you know to expect the unexpected. But for many Christian parents, nothing can prepare them to hear that their beloved child is gay. This is the child you have cradled, spoon fed... Read more

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2014-10-10T18:06:21-05:00

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Dear Susan: Are Gays God’s Second-Best?

Last updated on: October 10, 2014 at 6:06 pm By Susan Cottrell

Too many in the non-affirming church say this type of thing… Gays are just born ‘broken’, a result of sin, family curse, tendencies that are not ‘God’s ideal.’ Gays can’t help it – but they need to be ‘fixed.’ People have no idea how deeply offensive this is and how contrary to the truth and teachings of Jesus, and the heart of God. Many believe those things because it is how they have been taught, it is what they have... Read more

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Susan Cottrell

2014-10-10T18:09:17-05:00

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Into The Second Closet: Christian Parents With Gay Children

Last updated on: October 10, 2014 at 6:09 pm By Susan Cottrell

“If these young people, in moments of exhaustion or anger or complete desperation, do share that deepest of secrets with their Christian parents, and even if those parents do choose not to disown them or expel them, something else happens almost instantly; the whole family goes into the closet together; into a second hiding.” We have met and worked with so many parents and families who are living in the “second closet” – hiding from other family members, hiding from their... Read more

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