Author Archives: Rina

God’s In-Box

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Rina

Today a friend wrote me asking when I was going to “let Jon go” to “find his path.” Her question inferred that I was being unfair both in asking Jon to stay and in asking my girlfriend to “settle” in … Continue reading →

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For Love Covers a Multitude of Sins

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Rina

Over the past few weeks, I have come to learn a difficult truth about the woman I love. Rather than speak for her, I will share some of her words (edited for berevity’s sake), taken from something she wrote today: … Continue reading →

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“Gay Christian” is not an oxymoron

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Rina

I wrote parts of this five years ago, when I was struggling with my own opinions on this subject. As an ultra conservative, fundamentalist Christians, Jon and I once cut family members out of our lives for the “sin” of … Continue reading →

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Is It True?

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Rina

Lately, any time I find myself seeking to hide something I’ve said or done or feel for fear that someone will find it out, I ask myself a simple question: Is it true? The question reminds me that my fear … Continue reading →

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Staying On the Mat

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Rina

“Your life is set up so that you will come face to face with your wounds. Parents, spouses, children, and friends are here to help you see your need for healing, and you are performing the same function in their … Continue reading →

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Arrival

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Rina

For the past three years, I’ve struggled to put the experience of my “faith crisis” into words. I wrote a little about it HERE and HERE, and HERE, but haven’t quite been able to explain how months of struggle culminated in an … Continue reading →

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No, I was not “born this way”

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Rina

(I meant to post this during pride month, but true to form I’m running a bit late)… “What if I wasn’t born this way at all? What if I married Abby not just because I’m gay but because I’m SMART? … Continue reading →

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