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February 2014

February 17, 2014

Could We Just Delight In Who We Are?

I walked into an office one day and there she was - the cutest little...

February 13, 2014

He Changed When He Came Out

What is your secret? Come on, you have one. We all do. A secret we...

February 12, 2014

The Story of the Good Lesbian

How obligated are we to each other? Who is our neighbor? Jesus gives the last...

February 10, 2014

Are You “Frozen” With Fear of Being Gay?

“Conceal, don’t feel, put on a show, make one wrong move and everyone will know…” I just...

February 06, 2014

Unconditional Love for Gays is the Heart of God

What is stopping you from loving? Wholeheartedly, unconditionally, overabundantly? Not in some half-baked way of...

February 05, 2014

Can You Accept Your Daughter For Who She Is?

"We will be behind whatever choices our child makes, and nothing could make us love...

February 03, 2014

Free to Love Her Gay Son

Why didn't her son kill himself? "Because he suddenly saw how much we loved him!" ...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

This Is Our Church

“The singing was the most beautiful sound in the world! More than once, I had...

January 29, 2014

When He Hugged Me, I Just Fell Into His Arms

"When I told my Dad I was gay he just said, 'Well, I guess you...

January 27, 2014

Christian, Do You Look Like Christ… Or Not?

Did you see the mass wedding ceremony on last night's Grammy Awards show? It was incredible. Tears...

January 24, 2014

Daddy? You’re Kicking Me Out??

My son came out to his dad and I last night. His dad kicked him...

January 23, 2014

A Mom Torn Between the Church and her Son

It's an awful position to be in. It is a heart wrenching conflict between a...

January 22, 2014

Not Your Mama’s Church Choir!

Can we talk about the choir at the GCN conference? Oh. My. Gosh. What a...

January 21, 2014

Is That Rachel Held Evans??

We headed toward the front and slipped into the seats behind my friend, to await...

January 16, 2014

Resting is Easy, Anyone Can Do It

My brother Paul was mentally and physically handicapped. His right arm was paralyzed from a...

January 15, 2014

Afraid to Come Out

"I felt the earth shake under my feet, I was horrified, shamed, and considered suicide. I...

January 13, 2014

God’s Love Abundant at GCN Conference

My heart is brimming with God's love for some 700 LGBTQ men and women and supportive...

January 08, 2014

Relationship Is Everything

My sweet Natalie works at Marriott. On a recent visit to Phoenix, I ran into...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

The Year In Review

It's hard to believe that it was just this past March when I began this...

December 28, 2013

Saving Daddy

We LOVED the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Loved it! Emma Thompson is my personal favorite,...

December 23, 2013

Have A Wonderful Life!

"I thought that being faithful was about becoming someone other than who I was… and...

December 19, 2013

LOVE Your Kids. Just Love ‘Em!

Christmas is on its way. So perhaps are your kids. What will the holiday hold?...

December 18, 2013

A White Jesus?

Our pastor Rick received a big plastic nativity scene as a gag gift last year....

December 16, 2013

How Does God Appear to You?

As Christmas approaches, I write you personally about knowing God. Personally. Intimately. Some children see...

December 10, 2013

Telling Younger Ones About Gay Siblings

"My sister loves girls and that is okay! God loves us all -- girls and...

December 09, 2013

“Mom, I’m Gay” Book – REVISED AND EXPANDED!

"When our child told us they were attracted to the same sex, we were shocked....

December 05, 2013

The Front of the Line

"The ground is level at the foot of the cross." Standing in line is leveling....

December 04, 2013

Come as You Are – Don’t Let ANYBODY Stop You

A wonderful young man sent me his story and I thought it would encourage many...

December 02, 2013

A Heart for Homeless LGBTQ Youth

"Homeless LGBTQ kids could still be at home--if the parents simply had a shift in...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Don’t Judge Our Gay Children

A letter from a mom in the trenches... To those who would challenge our gay...