During a sort of lull where I was sure of my relationship with God because I still felt God's presence but wasn't sure of much else, I started to explore my interest in all things healing.
That helped me clear away a lot of denial and get a lot more honest about the questions and doubts I had always had. Coming out to myself just intensified the need to think through what I believed about God, about life, about life after death, about being Christian and gay, about my life purpose.
And then I spent two years training to be a spiritual director and at the same time, began crafting a theology.
Where I have landed is a kind of progressive, emergent and liberal Christianity that allows for all those questions, which makes the meaning of the Bible's love story more important than whether or not I take every page of it literally.
Which gives me room to connect to a mother God instead of limiting me to a strictly male father God. And honors my strong intuitive connection to nature.
I have more questions than I ever have before, but I trust the God I know. That God knows the answers. That God is the answer!
So, I'd love to hear whatever you want to share about your own journey. I hope you will know that whatever your story is, it is welcome here!
Gaudete!
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