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Over the years I have received emails and phone calls asking a version of this question: “Can I come to your church? I’m gay.”
I get these calls, particularly around Christmas and Easter, because I’ve been transparent about sharing the experience of journeying with my father over the last ten…
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Philippians 4:13 (NIV)
13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
—Pastor Dean
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Well, very quickly, Christianity and all other religions who are against gay “marriage” will be villanized. Don’t believe me? Look at the UK and Canada and how marginalized Catholic and Protestants have become, indeed, gay “rights” trump religious freedom every time. Here’s an earlier post that should provide some interesting food for thought.
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-41% of people believe that self-harm is selfish.
-55% of people believe that it is stupid.
-43% of people know someone that has self-harmed.
1 in 10 people have harmed themselves by the age of 16.
Self-harm does not make you suicidal.
It does not make you emo.
It is simply a way that many use to rid themselves of stress or pain or whatever it may be.
Over 3 million people in the US have self-harmed or still do.
Cutting is not just a girl’s disorder.
Anyone can do it.
Males, females, and persons that don’t fit into the gender binary.
And it is not just teens, either.
Both Princess Diana and Johnny Depp have gone through it.
The person who always seems “so happy” could be victim to it.
Anyone.
There are other forms of self-harm besides cutting or mutilation.
Some people don’t realize they’re doing it.
Some people don’t think it’s wrong.
Some people become addicted.
People don’t hide their cuts or marks hoping someone will find them
…unless they actually want help to get better.
It’s often hidden because they’re afraid of someone seeing.
An orange ribbon is used as a self-harm awareness symbol.
Those suffering from it..
…have been through it
…or support it
often wear one.
You do not have to have gone through anything like this to support it.
Sometimes all people want to know is that they’re not alone.
Don’t judge someone based on the marks they have on their arms.
You don’t know what they’ve been through.
Rather, be proud of them for making through it.
Life can be a bitch.
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