We posted the video of Elisabeth Cole the other day who honored her parents by sharing their story on YouTube. Well, now Mom is courageously joining in. Here is Mom :) in her own words: I like the challenge at the end :) … [Read more...]
Daughter of Formerly Gay Parents Speaks Out
November 30, 2010 By
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. You should know, she tells it like she sees it and is quite direct. There are parts of the video that in my previous life I would have bristled at and been angered by. And even today I would want to clarify some of the things she says. But hello, this is a teenager … [Read more...]
Esperança Para Os Que Lutam Com o Homossexualismo (Video of Alan Chambers)
November 11, 2010 By
The above video was taken at the 2006 Freedom Conference. … [Read more...]
Sexuality: Creation, Brokenness, Truth and Grace – Lausanne Conference (Video)
November 4, 2010 By
Alan Chambers, Mike Goeke, Brian Kliewer all speak at the recent Lausanne Conference in South Africa. What an amazing opportunity. … [Read more...]
Perez Hilton Seeks to End His Own Bullying Tactics
October 13, 2010 By
Wow. I love the insight that Ellen gives and completely agree, we can't expect kids to not be bullies when our culture encourages, rewards and participates in bullying all across the spectrum. Have you watched reality TV? ... cable news and radio pundits? ... blogs? Have you noticed among adults in general that incivility is now a common default in much of our culture? Bullying can be found in the name calling, very real polarizing pressure based on lies/mischaracterizations at another's expense. Bullying manifests in stigmatizing, dehumanizing and creating a scapegoat in others so … [Read more...]
Love Won Out Rockford Illinois this Weekend
September 20, 2010 By
Love Won Out is this weekend! <-- The exclamation point denotes genuine excitement. I have been to many of LWO's and am blessed at every one. Here are a couple of examples of why: One parent, who recently attended a Love Won Out event, said, “God spoke to me about my need to show more love and acceptance towards our son who is gay and to trust Him to use this in my own life to grow me to be all He wants me to be.” After attending the event, one man wrote, “I came to the conference ready to give up, walk out of my marriage and pursue a gay lifestyle. The conference gave me hope … [Read more...]
Living Water, The Well – Kristin Tremba’s Video Testimony
August 24, 2010 By
Living Water: Labels from The Well on Vimeo. From The Well's vimeo page containing this video: Kristin Tremba struggled with gender identity and same sex attraction throughout the early years of her life. She experienced emotional intimacy with a good friend during college and through those feelings she concluded that she was gay. However, she didn’t want to take on that gay identity and kept her struggles silent. In her late 20’s, she began to fear that she would never marry a man and have a family. She lacked the trust that God would provide for her future and fell into an … [Read more...]
Facebook Flashbacks and Friendship
August 18, 2010 By
Facebook is crazy. And little bit scary. Almost every significant (still living) relationship I have ever had is represented in my friends list. It's been an astounding adventure to reconnect with people from almost every stage of life from my past to present. It all started in August of 2008. Two years ago I was on sabbatical and had a thought, "Hmmm... I wonder if my high school friends have found facebook yet?" Two hours later I had found 15 of them and was quietly tripping out on how much life had changed for some and was completely the same for others. This has led to a … [Read more...]
Dear Gay/Porn Forum User
August 3, 2010 By
Yesterday's post on the disenfranchisement of Christian therapists and clients from professional counseling had a surprising source of linkage that drove a decent amount of traffic to the blog. The sources of the links: Two gay/porn sites. And I think it comes as no surprise I won't be linking back to them. :) I didn't investigate them to figure out what the purpose of these sites were or what is being said but given the URL of the addresses it was kind of obvious what the overall sites are about. So ... sincerely ... welcome! I can't quite figure out why yesterday's post would … [Read more...]
When To Confront Someone’s Sin? – John Piper (Video)
July 21, 2010 By
I am currently writing for a different project the topic of salvation and how some emphasize sin and hell to an inordinate degree. It's a tough one to write. I found this video late last night. I think it is important to note that Piper says that the importance of "confronting" sin in another increases among Christians to other Christians. That is what I understand from the scriptures as well. However, he also emphasizes that we have to be aware of our own spiritual walk with humility and meekness before talking with someone else about what he terms "destructive" behavior. Now, … [Read more...]
