Category Archives: Seeds of Hope

Seedling

Crucifying the Flesh

I was a minister for several years when another woman and I fell in love. I was totally in shock, as was she. I quit the ministry eventually because I felt so condemned. After a couple of years of living together, she decided we needed

Seedling

Afraid to Come Out

I’ve been visiting the “Whosoever” Website for awhile and have found it to be a source of great encouragement and support. I’m writing to get your advice and insight on the situation I face in my own church family. I’m a member of a Lutheran

Seedling

Thrown Out and Abandoned

… I realized with time that I was gay and cried out to my God and to the church and pastor (my father-in-law). Because of the teachings I was raised with I felt I needed “deliverance” from homosexuality. They in turn threw me out of

Seedling

Homosexuals Make Me Sick!

I do not see how in this world you can call your selves CHRISTIANS, the BIBLE states very clearly that homosexuality is wrong. Try and read the Bible some time, in there around the story about Sodum and Gamora, it is an abomination to my

Seedling

Finding Lost Faith

I am a lesbian who has been married for 16 years- 3 children and have been in a relationship with a woman for 4 years now. Prior to leaving my marriage, I was very active in the local Catholic Church. I recognize now that what

Seedling

Putting Gay and Christian in the Same Sentence

I often visit the webzine Whosoever, and today discovered the new Seeds of Hope section. Thank you for your words of encouragement. I am a Christian, and have just recently began to struggle with my sexuality in the realization that I desire to spend the

Seedling

I’ve Just Discovered I’m a Lesbian

I have just recently found out that I am a lesbian. I have felt this way for some time but never would recognize it because of my Christian background. I met a woman that makes me absolutely HAPPY. How can that be wrong??? I want

Seedling

Is There a ‘Straight Shop’ I Can Go To?

I have been depressed (suicidal) for about a year and through the help of a counselor have uncovered or unlocked this door to my life. I have spoken with a lesbian woman here and she and her partner were convinced even before I approached them

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Feeling Lost in the Desert

I’ve found your answers to the questions many of us have to be very helpful. Thank you! Although the following has nothing to do with being gay, I hope that you can shed some light on my confusion over a couple of issues. 1) Since