Say Hi, Gracie (Newbies say hello thread)

[justhere1]

Lol any story that you feel like sharing or none if that's what you want to do.

 

[PleaseDoNotJudgeMe]

Well... how about you give me a topic and I'll tell a story from there.

 

[justhere1]

Hmmm how about the story of reconciling your faith with your sexual orientation/gender identity.

 

[PleaseDoNotJudgeMe]

Well, way before I knew I was gay I had turned away from God. My family had stopped going to church and I stopped believing. Then I had several rapes and was in an abusive relationship with a boyfriend for 2 and a half years and I felt as if God was singling me out and punishing me for some reason. My friend and i started dating, and we fell in love. We completely turned away from Christ and dabbled in Buddhism for about 7 months before talking it over and deciding to start trying to go back to Christianity but we never made good on it until 2 weeks ago when we started going to church and getting serious about our relationship with god. I am still trying to get back on the right path and i'm starting by getting baptized on August 11.

 

[justhere1]

That is great that you are getting baptized soon! I wish you and your partner nothing but the best.

 

[juleamager]

Hi guys. I'm a progressive follower of Eastern Catholicism and Torah-abiding Christian who supports same-sex unions and relationships as natural. I identify myself as heterosexual biromantic, meaning that I am attracted sexually to women (most of the time, it's complicated!) but romantically to both sexes. I'm happy for this forum area, it gives me an area to express my feelings on this issue.

Please keep me in your prayers, I'm a member of an anti-LGBTQ family which hates LGBTs with a passion and wishes for them to all burn and be destroyed. I'm struggling with feeling accepted by them and controlling my emotions (I'm known for being quite vocal about my feelings, which is bad in a classic fundamentalist Evangelical Pentecostal Christian family), but I'm empowered to continue living for Jesus despite this.

I spent many months trying to change myself to be in line with traditional Catholic teaching on sexuality and marriage, but it never worked. After examining scientific proof for sexual orientation as being biological, I accepted me for what I was. I'm keeping my joy and happiness, but I'm in a painful part of my life. I won't give up though, because I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

 

[justhere1]

Hi julemager, welcome! I know how it feels to be in an anti-lbgt family so you're in my prayers.

 

[juleamager]

You can call me Jules, by the way.

 

[Anto9us]

I am new here and could not get thru 33 pages of threads

At first there was talk of Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane - I saw Grace Slick when she was VERY pregnant and still belting it out and Airplane was still named Airplane but was already doing the music from the first STARSHIP album

Now I welcome you all on this liberal Christian board and say Hi Grace!

 

[HonestTruth]

I'm new here, too, and would like to remind everyone that Jesus is the world's # 1 Jewish liberal.

 

[justhere1]

Welcome, Anto9us and HonestTruth!

 

[DavyCrockett]

This looks like the best place for me to fit in on this forum. Hopefully we can be friends, and I look forward to chatting in the near future.

 

[justhere1]

Welcome, DavyCrockett!

 

[Sayre]

Hi, I'm a new liberal Christian. Very much not interested in fundamentalism, and I'm not even sure what to do with the bible. But I do believe the gospel and I'm firm on that. Nice to meet you all.

 

[AJungianIdeal]

Hello. I'm nominally Christian, though I'm struggling mighty.

 

[Laceylady]

Hi everyone! I think i'll fit in best here, although I'm not overly liberal. This seems like a great group of people!

 

[PrudenceAnn]

Hi! I am new to CF and relatively new to Christianity... I read the statement of faith for this group and really resonates with me. My understanding of God is that He is love... and that He so loved the world... Without any exclusion clauses. In other news... I am passionate about music, poetry, philosophy and photography. I love to discuss and am open to change and progression... I know that I do not have all the answers... And am wary of anyone that thinks they do. It is nice to meet you all!

 

[Historicus]

Welcome!

 

[SuziTiri]

Hi! I am new to CF and relatively new to Christianity... I read the statement of faith for this group and really resonates with me. My understanding of God is that He is love... and that He so loved the world... Without any exclusion clauses. In other news... I am passionate about music, poetry, philosophy and photography. I love to discuss and am open to change and progression... I know that I do not have all the answers... And am wary of anyone that thinks they do. It is nice to meet you all!

Nice to meet you

 

[FaeryChild]

Oh I see... this is the newbie thread... *giggle*
Ok, I guess should have just posted here earlier... in any case, is it okay if I join WWMC?