February 27, 2013
What if Gay Kids Had a Church that Loved Them?
Derek Penwell, writing for the Huffington Post, talks about a young man who told him his story and then said, “I can only wonder how my life would have been different if there’d been a church around that had loved me for who God created me to be, instead of trying to change me from what it feared I represent.” Penwell goes on to express concern about the high rates of suicide and homelessness among LGBT young people and the misguided attempts of churches that “brutalize them in the name of ‘love.’
