Category: Personal
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The World Was Not Made For Me
“But then I think, how different would my life be if this world was made for me? …Would I still be encountering the happiness I am now, if I didn’t have to work my ass off to get here?”
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Why I’m Thankful for the Church I Grew Up In
Not because of the poor theology it provided, but for the community it left me with to this day. “The great struggle of the Christian life is to take God’s name for us, to believe we are beloved and to believe that is enough.” -Rachel Held Evans, “Searching for Sundays: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the…
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Thank God for Twitter
“The qualities that make Twitter seem insane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful.” Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Twelve years ago, I created my Twitter and it has been a crazy whirlwind. Let me tell you about it. Let us start this off with a story. I remember the day I…
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An Open Letter to my Younger Self
“It’s okay. It may not seem like it right now, but you are going to be fine. I know it’s scary, but don’t be afraid. You are who you are, and you should love that person, and I don’t want anyone to have to go through 22 years of their life afraid to accept that.” …
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How I Left Evangelicalism and Found God
My face when people tell me I’m not a real Christian… “The spiritual journey isn’t about being reunited with God, it’s about being reunited with ourselves; it’s not about getting back to God but coming to the awareness that God has always been right here, with us and in us.” Pastor Josh Scott “Dignified or…
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2020, A Year of Failed Expectations
I want a house with a crowded table And a place by the fire for everyone Let us take on the world while we’re young and able And bring us back together when the day is done The Highwomen These song lyrics from The Highwomen were sung at a Church I visited in February and…
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Dear Chick-fil-A, from a Queer Team Member
Chick-fil-A, please listen, learn, and be better. First off a little background around my Chick-fil-A career: I started when I was 14, and am now 22. When I started I was deeply in the closet and hadn’t even accepted the fact that I was gay. As I started to accept myself as gay I also…
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Hi, I’m Gay.
“No, this is not a phase or a coming of age” -Girl in Red Disclaimer: This is going to be messy and will probably feel like word vomit, that’s what it is, messy. Coming out is messy and hard and I am not going to sugarcoat it. That, for about 17 years was something…
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2019 Sucked
“One day I’ll run free on the very ground that tried to swallow me.” -Whitney Rakes Vesterfelt That quote is from my late Worship Pastor and I hold it so close to me ever since I heard it at her memorial service in August. Yes this year did suck, but one day I will rise…
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Turner at 21 vs Younger Turner
Please enjoy this picture of 15 year old Turner with Pumba Sorry for the shitty person I was, I am better now but am always evolving. Lots have changed and some have stayed the same. Lets start with the latter: I am still in love with Jesus but the Jesus I love now is a…
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