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		<title>I Found Acceptance And Fulfillment in Christ &#8211; Real Stories for January 2011 by Rochelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up, I was always searching for something - something to learn, to fill, to numb, to distract me from myself. From a young age, I was certain there was something wrong with me and I needed to fix it in order for people to like and accept me. I was convinced I was unlovable, but believed if I just tried hard enough, I could correct my flaws and finally be loved. I knew about God, but I didn’t know God. I didn’t know anyone could have a personal relationship with God, let alone me. ... (read more.)]]></description>
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		<title>Elisabeth&#8217;s Mom In Her Own Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We posted the video of Elisabeth Cole the other day who honored her parents by sharing their story on YouTube.  Well, know Mom is courageously joining in.  Here is Donna in her own words. I like the challenge at the end :)]]></description>
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		<title>Daughter of Formerly Gay Parents Speaks Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was alerted that Elisabeth Cole, daughter of long time Exodus leader Tom Cole, had made a video sharing the stories of her parents. Her decision to honor her parents, at such a young age, in this way is a blessing. I think you will find her creative attempt to communicate through video quite thought provoking.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Am The Vine and My Father is The Gardener&#8221; &#8211; David Fountain&#8217;s Testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Fountain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this description of God as “The Gardener.” As someone who made a lifelong decision to embrace the process of change over 13 years ago, I can certainly relate to how God chooses to reveal Himself by this title.  Night after night, I would beg God for freedom from my struggle with same-sex attractions.  I knew that my feelings and attractions were outside of God’s design and intent for my life, but I found myself conflicted over wanting to pursue God and constantly being barraged by overwhelming desires to sin against God.  I would continue to be consumed by Internet porn, making man and my own desires lord of my life instead of completely surrendering everything to The Lord, including my struggle.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Name? The Story of Brenna Kate Simonds &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenna Kate Simonds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout my life, I allowed people and circumstances to label me, name me, and define who I am: unloved, not worth protecting, voiceless, bothersome, inconvenient.  But God has given me new names.]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Normal Gay Life&#8221; &#8211; Nathan Responds to Ray Boltz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What prompts this interest in a chat with Ray is that as I was surfing YouTube, I came across his melancholy song “God Knows I Tried,” referring, of course, to the years prior to his coming out when he “pretended” to be something he wasn’t.   All those years he apparently “tried” to overcome his same-sex attractions. And when he dropped his pretense and came out, he, not surprisingly, got messages of anger from some of the more conservative Christians who felt let down by his decision]]></description>
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		<title>From Devastation to Beauty – Real Stories for October 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Mike walked out on our marriage in 1996, my reality, hopes and dreams were shattered.  I had grown up in a solid Christian home and had come to believe that my joy and fulfillment would be found in being married and having children.  The past years have been spent experiencing God’s faithfulness – not faithfulness to my hopes and dreams but faithfulness to His purposes and plans and glory.
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		<title>Jesus Likes Me This I Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Goeke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sort of a weird guy. I prefer the term quirky, but semantics aside, I am weird. My interests are not typical (or maybe I should say that they are not stereotypical) of your run-of-the-mill guy. I remember sensing that I was different at about age 5. In many ways, my early years were spent feeling odd and yearning for friends and some sort of acceptance.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding a Safe Place– Real Stories for September 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a wife of a man with undesired same-sex attraction struggles. Together we have attended two Exodus conferences. Through the ministry of Exodus, God showed me that He truly cares about human brokenness. He loves homosexual men and women. He also loves my husband and desires to free him from his past and present pain, fears, and shame.

The Exodus Freedom conference introduced me to many people who once were trapped in a homosexual lifestyle but have now experienced the transformational work of Jesus Christ.]]></description>
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		<title>Unconditional Surrender by Gwen Gibson &#8211; Real Stories for August 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.exodusinternational.org/2010/08/26/unconditional-surrender-by-gwen-gibson-real-stories-for-august-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[... In my twenties, the struggle over my sexual identity increased. I felt out of place in church and stopped attending. I never felt like I belonged, and I had no one to talk to about my struggles. I was barely able to admit to myself how I felt. When I had a sexual relationship with another woman I thought, finally, the barrier was broken, surely the happiness would follow. However, I came to discover over a period of months that whatever the need was that I had, this was not touching it. I remember thinking to myself, I am not sure what I am longing for, but this isn’t it.
...]]></description>
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