I’ve been disappointed by conversations of late.
Most of the public discourse around religion and LGBTQ+ matters is essentially the same – a debate. With much confidence, folks assert their positions around sex, gender, and marriage, leaving little room for curiosity or discussion. Let alone finding common ground for some greater good.
As if defending our positions was the Christian duty.
My good friend Amy recently said that Christians tend to be obsessed with the morality of sex, meanwhile discarding the call of Jesus to care for the poor.
Whoa. Think about that for a moment.
To have productive conversations that result in common ground and positive change, a paradigm shift must precede, one as foundational as Christian duty and the heart of God.
I invite you to rise above the debates. Pivot and put aside anything that keeps you from caring for and defending the outcast.
Such as LGBTQ+ people who have been so hurt by their church and family that they want nothing to do with them or God anymore.
I have decided that any conversation that precedes or gets in the way of that is the wrong conversation.
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