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Finding Strength: Lighting the Way to Healing with Community
“In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.”― Brennan Manning, Returning to school has felt quite challenging for me. I’m…
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Building Genuine Friendships on Social Media
In these times, when social media fills our minds and lives, we spend countless hours in front of screens, and it seems we’re wasting time without truly enjoying our surroundings or life beyond social media. I want to share some thoughts after almost six years on TikTok, the platform I’ve…
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Youthful Spirit: How to Stay Young at Heart as You Age
The new year has passed, and I’m already nearing the end of January. It feels like life speeds up as we get older. This week, I had a lovely chat with a friend from Mexico about youth and aging. He mentioned that one day he might experience what it’s like…
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Misconceptions about God and Christian Identity
The other day, I was chatting with a friend when he learned I was about to head to church. He joked, “Go to church so you can go back to being Holly, because the rest of the week you’re not.” It was all good fun. What my friend said made…
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Embracing Love Over Ego: A Path to Growth
I’m genuinely not trying to push God’s will into my life. There was a moment when I felt brave and excited about pursuing my ordination as an openly gay Elder in the United Methodist Church. However, I’m currently facing some challenges that are preventing me from starting my candidacy, even…
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Finding God’s Voice Through Community
After 15 years of searching for my way back to God, I often found it hard to hear or see Him. The pain of rejection weighed heavily on my soul, making it difficult to understand or even feel His presence anymore. I felt angry and hurt inside. Despite serving the…
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Finding Clarity: Where Am I Going in My Faith?
Thought of the night after my evangelism class: I have a story of freedom in Christ—to be able to be who I am and share with others. But for some, or I will say most, my freedom is not true freedom but a life of sin. This is what one…
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The indescribable Power of Community
Since my divorce and leaving the United Methodist Church, while starting this new chapter in life–embracing myself as a gay man. I’ve often wished I could spend more time with my family, to drop by my sister’s house in my hometown to enjoy one of her delicious meals. I also…
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Standing Against Oppression: My own Christian Perspective
As a Christian, I often find myself reflecting on important issues like the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Black Lives Matter movement, the treatment of immigrants, and the persecution of the LGBTQI+ community. To me, we must stand against any nation, group, or individual that oppresses, denigrates, exploits, or even causes harm…
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Understanding Creation: Love Beyond Adam and Eve
As an openly gay man, my ongoing journey to find an inclusive understanding of God has led me to become someone who frequently doubts and questions, all to grasp what the Bible is really saying in today’s world. Many people point out that the Bible has its inconsistencies, and over…
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