tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post2986116094175815698..comments2023-05-02T04:17:09.271-07:00Comments on [Un] Closeted Pastor: Coming Out to My Family-- Part 2Ceciliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812791378130572065noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-89846691059927861392007-03-11T13:46:00.000-07:002007-03-11T13:46:00.000-07:00hugs and lovehugs and lovesharecropperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15138522185303347235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-83517307813832310722007-03-11T12:38:00.000-07:002007-03-11T12:38:00.000-07:00Cecilia, how heart-rending. I keep thinking, "Why...Cecilia, how heart-rending. I keep thinking, "Why does it have to be this way? Why, at this time, does another person's sexual orientation loom so large for us? Why not just people, in all God's great variety in his creation, all of us declared good by the Lord God?"<BR/><BR/>My granddaughter is like your daughter, fine, whenever you ask, until she breaks down crying over some tiny thing, which is not at all the true reason for her crying.<BR/><BR/>You did a fine job of telling your daughter. You and your family are in my prayers.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-63568055786527425212007-03-10T11:58:00.000-08:002007-03-10T11:58:00.000-08:00I have been closely involved with children whose p...I have been closely involved with children whose parents divorced for unavoidable reasons. Yes, their lives have been affected, and I wouldn't minimize that: but the alternatives would have been worse. I think the grief is that we can't protect them from the consequences of others' choices, including our own. All we can give is the best we can give, even when our best is far less than what we want them to have.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414248070555399826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-15467205272360422862007-03-10T11:54:00.000-08:002007-03-10T11:54:00.000-08:00Your own integrity is fine. You are doing your bes...Your own integrity is fine. You are doing your best, with prayer and clarity, to deal with a deeply unjust and hurtful situation. It is the rest of us in our churches and our society who ought to look to our integrity: to look at why we let people like you get put in situations like this, and we let it go on.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414248070555399826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7538801849812784311.post-49295821888328522942007-03-09T22:08:00.000-08:002007-03-09T22:08:00.000-08:00Cecelia--I have a daughter I worry about too. She ...Cecelia--I have a daughter I worry about too. She is only 6, so my divorce will not only have an impact on her life--in some ways it will shape it.<BR/><BR/>None of this is easy, is it? You are in my prayers tonight.<BR/><BR/>Pax,<BR/>PaigeWormwood's Doxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882756844690851674noreply@blogger.com