What Are My Chances

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Borealis

Sometimes when I am talking to people who deal with attractions to the same gender, they will ask me what their chances are: chances to be happy in the Church, chances to be able to have a happy and successful heterosexual marriage. I used to ask those questions. I wasn’t really interested in statistics, though. My question really wasn’t about other people, but I wanted a prediction, an assurance about my future self: could I make it?

Statistics, of course, cannot answer that question. The number of people who made it to the moon before Neil Armstrong: 0. The number of people who climbed Mount Everest before Edmund Hilary: 0. Despite those long odds, the effort to get there was still worth it. I honestly don’t know what the odds are with this challenge. I was recently re-reading a book that had a wonderful answer to this question, however. It’s a mother speaking to her daughter:

As if there were no night…

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Ty Ray

This is a bit late for a Christmas post, but it follows a similar theme as Rex and Kim’s posts. When I woke up on Christmas morning this last Thursday, I sat alone by the fire for a couple hours before others in my family got up and going. I opened up my scriptures to read again through the nativity story in the New Testament, but then I stopped and decided to read through the parallel events in the Book of Mormon, in the last chapters of Helaman through 3 Nephi 1.

Sugar-Free Friendship

Posted on December 29th, 2008 by Rex Goode

Since being diagnosed with diabetes, I’ve necessarily explored all of the options for sugar-free alternatives to my favorite kinds of foods. I never liked diet soda. The after-taste always made me wish I hadn’t had any.  Yet, I dropped thirty pounds when it became necessary for me to avoid sugary drinks.

Long ago, when I was a child and my grandmother had diabetes, I was told by my family that I had to be careful about my sugar intake or I would become like my Granny. I, of course, ignored it, and look where it got me.

Also, long ago. I was deeply involved with sexual activity with males. I struggled for many years to quit. After a prayer experience, I finally did, and that was the beginning of the real pain.

Mormonism and Homosexuality: A Bloggernacle Sampler (12-28-08)

Posted on December 28th, 2008 by LDS Lights Admin

The following are recent homosexuality-related blog discussions on other popular LDS-themed blogs:

Partners with benefits? The possible relationship between universal health care and marriage
By Common Consent - December 28, 2008

Several thoughts on marriage and politics
Mormon Inquiry - December 22, 2008

They will not go away
Latter-day Commentary - December 19, 2008

Moments

Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Kim Mack

I have been pondering for days the same issue Rex presented in the post just below mine.  When I read his, I was tempted to not write mine, but I heard somewhere that in the mouth of two or three witnesses …  :)

The Unhappiness Illusion

Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Rex Goode

About sixteen years ago, risky actions I took helped me come to the realization that my in homosexual behaviors was not some mere phase I was going through. As I looked back on my then 36 years of life, I saw clearly that even though I was no longer having sex with males, I was still very deeply attracted to them. Even though I was married with five great children, I realized that I was more robotic than human towards my wife and children.

Dinner for Moms

Posted on December 16th, 2008 by North Star

On January 5th, prior to the fireside sponsored by Fred and Marilyn Matis, Pam Infanger is hosting a dinner for mothers with gay/SSA children. The dinner will be held at her home in Saratoga Springs, west of Lehi, Utah, at 5:00 PM. The fireside in Lehi, Utah, will begin at 7:00 PM.

If you are a mother and would like to attend, or would like to pass the invitation on to your mother to attend, please contact Pam via North Star to RSVP.

Cluck Cluck

Posted on December 15th, 2008 by Rex Goode

I am dismayed and disappointed by the lack of posting and conversation on this blog as the election fades into the past. I like being able to tell myself that I was right. Without stating a position on Proposition 8, the fear that I had and have realized was that the question of gay marriage would raise a lot of interest in this blog, interest that would quickly fade away when the political scene played out.

Mormonism and Homosexuality: A Bloggernacle Sampler (12-14-08)

Posted on December 14th, 2008 by LDS Lights Admin

The following are recent homosexuality-related blog discussions on other popular LDS-themed blogs:

Prop 8 Backlash Is “An Outrage That Must Stop,” Group Says in Support of Church
LDS Newsroom - December 8, 2008

The price of voting one’s conscience
Mormon Inquiry - December 13, 2008

How To Torpedo Your Own Argument!
Article VI Blog - December 12, 2008

Mad at the LDS Church
Mormon Inquiry - December 10, 2008

North Star Newsletter - December 2008

Posted on December 7th, 2008 by North Star

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