NYTimes: Pastor Journal Entries about Faith and Gay Son

[Rod Hagen]

This was nice: 

How My Dad
Reconciled His God
and His Gay Son

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/05/opinion/coming-out-evangelical-pastor.html

 

And if the fucking photo of the man with his son comes up, I did my fucking best to link the article without the photo so just fucking delete the thread without dinging my fucking account fucking again.  Thank you.

 

Edited February 20 by Rod Hagen

[CuriousByNature]

Beautiful

[mike carey]

Thanks for posting this @Rod Hagen. I read the article a few days ago, it's a heartwarming, and I found emotional account of a Christian forced to consider his long held views when they collided with his love for his son.

[+ Lucky]

i thought religion was taboo. I once suggested that someone with a multitude of problems consider joining a church group and it was deleted before the ink could dry.

 

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Edited February 20 by Lucky

[Rod Hagen]

3 hours ago, Lucky said:

i thought religion was taboo. I once suggested that someone with a multitude of problems consider joining a church group and it was deleted before the ink could dry.

 

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A place to gather and exchange ideas.
NO Politics, NO Religion, NO War.

Thank you for trying to get me in trouble.  

[mike carey]

Gentlemen, this thread is fine. So far. It's about an article describing one family's journey that happens to have a religious theme attached. We can talk about the humanity involved or the article itself without venturing into any details about the rights and wrongs of the belief systems that prompted the father's self-reflection.

[CuriousByNature]

3 hours ago, mike carey said:

Gentlemen, this thread is fine. So far. It's about an article describing one family's journey that happens to have a religious theme attached. We can talk about the humanity involved or the article itself without venturing into any details about the rights and wrongs of the belief systems that prompted the father's self-reflection.

I found the most uplifting aspect of the story to be that sexual orientation and faith are not mutually exclusive matters, and that the father was able to both support his son and expand his own faith experience.  And to do so in a way that is benefitting a wider and more diverse demographic than before.

[MaybeMaybeNot]

This was a really beautiful article. I really appreciate @Rod Hagenfor sharing.