A Mother’s Humble Prayer
By Melissa Russell. Melissa is a mom of three adult kids, an interviewee for the Parenting LGBTQ Kids video series, and a group facilitator for Helping Parents Love. We learned of our son’s gender dysphoria and his decision to begin transitioning on the same day we received my husband’s cancer diagnosis. From that day forward, we were […]
Is Reintegrative Therapy Making People Straight?, Part 2
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In our last episode, I suggested that the Journal of Human Sexuality isn’t a highly credible venue for a groundbreaking study of sexual orientation change to be published. Still, a dubious venue doesn’t necessarily mean […]
The Faith of Coming Out Colton
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. In a blog post I wrote for The Center almost three years ago, I made a passing reference to Colton Underwood, who at the time was making headlines as the […]
Am I Incomplete?
By Andrew Bunt. Andrew is an assistant pastor and a part of the team at Living Out. He’s the author of People Not Pronouns: Reflections on Transgender Experience‘ and is a regular contributor at Think. To my great distress, I recently discovered that I am incomplete! Apparently, spouses should be able to look at each […]
What the Church Gets Wrong About Singleness and Marriage
By Preston Sprinkle. This article was originally posted at Relevant. Church can be a tough place for single people. Most Christians don’t realize it, unless they’re single, but if you step back and look at our Christian culture, you’ll see that we elevate marriage. In some cases, we idolize it. We see a beautiful girl […]