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Earl's Journey
Dec 7 2008, 11:04 PM EST
Boy, I can sure relate with not having a date while in college. It was tough! Well, actually, I did have one date with a girl. She kissed me in the parking lot at the end of our date. LOL, had she not done that, I probably could have gone out with her again, but her kissing me kinda accelerated the disinterest. Other than that, I didn't date in college because I wasn't out and I still thought it was wrong at the time. Thank God for reconciling the colliding worlds! I think it's great that you are out as a school teacher. For the kids, you can show that their "favorite" teacher is cool and if he's gay then it's not cool to say gay jokes or call people slurs. It's simply not tolerated and it causes the kids to have to see hurtful things like that up front and in their face where they have to take responsibility for how it affects people they know. Hopefully for the parents and your colleagues, they can see that a gay teacher is nothing to be scared of - of anything, that you're an awesome teacher. I'm excited for the next chapters (or rather, song sheets) of your journey as you pursue the gift and calling that God has for you in music outside of the classroom. Thanks for sharing your story! 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?
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1. RE: Earl's Journey
Mar 12 2009, 11:46 PM EDT
Earl,Talk about procrastinating! I'm just now starting to poke around a bit on this website. Not sure if that is really procrastinating though, I just have to get into the habit of checking in. T Thank you for sharing your story! There are definitely some things I relate to and identify with. Actually, apart from the homosexuality issues, I relate to how you learned to read the labels on old 45's when you were three, as I did the same thing! I remember how amazed my Mom was at this. I had a bunch of records and I would spend hours and hours listening to them! I knew which song each one was, even though I hadn't learned to read yet, because I could tell by the "shape" of the writing on the label! There was one record that was my favorite and I would listen to it over and over and over and over.....until one day it "went missing"! I never did find it, but one day a few years ago I am pretty sure I figured out what happened to it. My belief is that it was the victim of my Dad's finally having had enough of hearing it over and over and over and over, so he went in and removed it (probably broke it). That would just make sense given his temperament, and I definitely recall his yelling at me and putting a rule in place that I was not to listen to the same song twice in a row! I also made a confession of faith in Christ pretty young, without fully understanding what I was doing. But we didn't go to church. Mine happened after a friend and I went to see "Time to Run", a Billy Graham movie, and some Graham crusaders gave an altar call afterward! Well, so of course I relate to much of the struggles with realizing what I am, and with trying to push it down, deny or just believe that it didn't really have to be. somehow. But I guess one day I'll have to write out my story and share it here. Thanks again, Earl! Steve 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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2. RE: Earl's Journey
Apr 16 2009, 5:12 PM EDT
I really relate to you in your experience of realizing that you're gay AND OK with God. Talk about relief! I also really relate to how you've actually found a greater reality and closeness to God outside of "church". Talk about being free. =)May those kids in your classes be blessed by your presence and the truth of your experience. Do you find this valuable? |
