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Just to provide some balance: I have heard from a couple of friends who are queer that they are upset that the friend who spoke is in a mixed-orientation marriage - because that gives the impression to many queer members that the only "acceptable" queer member is one who is not "too queer" but rathe...

I added the following in the Quote of the Day post, but I thought it deserved a separate post of its own for discussion. "In order to empathize with someone's experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it and not as you imagine it to be." That applies to church membership and faith ...

"In order to empathize with someone's experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it and not as you imagine it to be." That applies to church membership and faith from both sides: people who are orthodox judging the non-orthodox but also we who are non-orthodox judging the orthodox.

Be teachable. You are not always right. - Anonymous

Being able to change our minds is a tremendous gift.

Understanding we often are wrong, to varying degrees, is the beginning of grace. - Old Timer

Admin Note: Let's be VERY careful about disparaging an entire profession and rejecting what their work has taught them. It is easy to forget that we don't know each other in real life, so we don't know who we are rejecting and belittling when we make sweeping statements. Finally, there is a critical...

Sorry. Can't help with this one. Have you tried contacting DB directly?

Welcome back - from someone else who no longer can remember some of what I used to remember easily.

If they call you and you accept, they get you - not a different person they might think they called.

You will do fine - regardless of their perspective. Do it your way. All they can do is release you if they don't like it. No skin off your nose.

Highlighting what past people got right while ignoring what they got wrong in order to bolster one's own attachment to the past is a timeless tradition.