Single, Gay, Christian:
A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity [Gregory Coles, Wesley Hill] on.
Not exact matches
Religion and
faith are a
personal choice and
journey as is the lack
of either; I raised my son and daughter much in the same ways I was raised and I am proud
of their understanding and acceptance
of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, that they do not look down on or speak ill
of others who believe differently than they.
Regardless
of your views, I still have my
personal faith, you may condemn me as simple minded or living in a fantasy world, but having witnessed first hand good triumphing over evil, I shall leave you to decide your own
journey in life.
Gary, I was not speaking
of YOUR
personal journey; but from the perspective
of my own transitional experience and the experiences
of others who have informally shared the stories
of their pilgrimages
of faith with me — and they have been many.
Perhaps some
of us have taken our own
personal journeys into
faith and religion and found it wanting.
That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands
of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode
of fear I live in a rough area
of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own
personal experience I» am possessed as I act out
of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my
faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence
of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling
of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart
of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own
personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on
journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots
of good information to be plundered loll
The
journey toward
personal holiness is one central to our
journey of faith, yet so few actually imagine themselves one day being canonised in St Peter's Square.
In her book, Rachel tells
of her
personal journey from certainty, through doubt, to
faith.
So while Gladwell himself isn't a character in the narrative, its construction proved to be a remarkable
personal journey for him.Aside from the section on David, three chapters
of the book deal with the stories
of people who drew on the extraordinary reserves
of their Christian
faith to defeat seemingly insurmountable odds.
The Republican presidential candidate's 2007 church switch also may mirror something much more
personal: The culmination
of Perry's
journey from a mainline Protestant upbringing to an evangelical - flavored
faith built on close relationships with Baptist preachers and giving public testimony about God.
In this phase
of the
faith journey one adds an expectation
of personal, direct communication from God to the disciple practice
of hearing and obeying the Jesus tradition.
The encyclical would have us consider first the
journey already charted by the
faith of Abraham and Moses: how the believer has been called out
of prehistoric notions
of a god
of this or that place or season into the truly
personal response («I» - «Thou») to a Word whose divine utterance both precedes us and calls us forth to
journey towards a horizon which the Word himself illuminates and for which the Word himself acts as guarantor.
And while their lifestyles and
personal choices may not necessarily reflect a conventional view
of faith, their thoughts certainly provide an enlightening — even inspiring — window into their spiritual
journeys.
Less a look inside his
personal history than a stirring
journey through the ideas that shape his approach to leadership and the world today, «Pope Francis — Man
of His Word» emerges as a compelling chronicle
of a global leader with huge reach (that happens to be rooted in
faith).
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