tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post8109321708407237279..comments2017-05-13T21:16:42.840-06:00Comments on The Latter Gays: Post Traumatic Church Disorder.Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755635532116347167noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-85787166789954590162010-09-11T12:00:52.501-06:002010-09-11T12:00:52.501-06:00That's why I just fall asleep during church. :...That's why I just fall asleep during church. :)Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02452126809752182340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-55785618418039374202010-09-09T09:13:49.134-06:002010-09-09T09:13:49.134-06:00I think most of us understand what it's like t...I think most of us understand what it's like to find ourselves feeling somehow inferior. <br /><br />I suppose I've found it most frustrating to live up to gospel standards only to feel like that's not good enough and that I'll never be good enough for the expectations I'd been presented with for the first 23 years of my life. It's up to us to find the balance or other solution, unfortunately.A Gay Mormon Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366029507118022319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-91083824071079320722010-09-09T08:23:01.889-06:002010-09-09T08:23:01.889-06:00I can't do better than Ogden Nash:
I didn'...I can't do better than Ogden Nash:<br /><br />I didn't go to church today.<br />I trust the Lord to understand.<br />The surf was swirling blue and white,<br />The children swirling on the sand.<br />He knows, He knows how brief my stay,<br />How brief this spell of summer weather.<br />He knows when I am said and done<br />We'll have plenty of time together.<br /><br /><br />There are plenty of times I find God a lot easier when I seek Him from someplace other than a bench in a plain Mormon chapel.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992194211469009236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-72153161448306246592010-09-09T08:19:09.762-06:002010-09-09T08:19:09.762-06:00As one who dictates topics to be expounded upon at...As one who dictates topics to be expounded upon at Sacrament Meetings, your reaction gives me pause and makes me think twice about how some comments (innocent or otherwise) can have insensitive and stifling results.<br /><br />I feel for you and wish I was there to run after you in the parking lot!Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-19313142571296196432010-09-07T21:22:09.191-06:002010-09-07T21:22:09.191-06:00What a great quote Hope. I don't think I coul...What a great quote Hope. I don't think I could have said it better, and coming from a father, how amazing. <br /><br />Jack, those moments of feeling alone in a crowded room are rough. If you ever need a friendly hello, shoot me an email. You do have a family, and we're here for you.Good to be Freehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997330087610802803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925882877104783077.post-20329559250679640522010-09-06T11:51:32.333-06:002010-09-06T11:51:32.333-06:00A quote from my father in a letter he wrote me a f...A quote from my father in a letter he wrote me a few years after I came out: "I believe that God is far more generous than most religious people give Him credit for. The love that Christ talked of sets the bar higher than I think I shall ever attain. And because I possess a love that falls so far short of the ideal, I cannot comprehend the possibility that God with His perfect love will deny his gay children re-entry into His presence. Just as people in all ages have created clubs, schools and associations that excluded people of other races, social classes and norms, so too have religious people created a heaven that excludes people who make them feel uncomfortable. Man's heaven is exclusive. God's heaven is inclusive.Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14622866136945257976noreply@blogger.com