Straight Deconstruction: My Escape from Evangelical Homophobia. Part 3 – “Qualm of Conscience”

Read Part 2 -- "Only Humans" here. It is February of 2006. I'm living in Juneau, Alaska – and I sit in anxious anticipation of the conversation that I'm about to have with Earl, my friend and pastor of the last few years. He's currently on the phone in the other room, and our chat …

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My Story: The Ones We Worship – Processing My Childhood as a Preacher’s Kid, and the Greatest Lesson My Father Ever Taught Me

As a preacher's kid, we are instructed that our first order of business is to worship and devote our lives completely to God. When you are very young, being told to worship God is, admittedly, an abstract idea. It's like being shown a picture of George Lucas and having it explained to you that this …

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