Good morning! I appreciated your article on pride in the park. Being aware of the sponsors and such helps to keep me informed. I would like to comment on one portion to let you ruminate on it. It was the lack of Christians you said that weren’t there was disappointing to you. I have several things to say. They will never be won over by protests against them. I have watched “Christians” yell condemnation towards that community. That will not win them over. What is at the core of their lifestyles? They are mad/disappointed/angry at God who created them to be a certain sex. I look at them with a compassionate heart. I feel sorry for them bc I know when you Buck how God created you there will never be peace. Secondly, not all Christians are created to be evangelists with people that are not only strangers but that slice of the pie (so to speak) of people. Do I believe homosexuality goes against what God says in the Bible? Absolutely. What do I choose to do about it? This last year I was ministering to different ages of youth 3 nights a week. Teaching them about the love of God. How God created us and to celebrate being a man or a woman, along with many other topics. This is what God called me to do. I was not called to go to pride in the park. God has called you to be a journalist so people like me can potentially get the truth in what is happening in my community. The article you wrote was informative and appreciated until the calling out of Christians. How is the world supposed to see our love for each other when we are also at each other and criticizing one another. Biblically we are to go privately to someone first, and not. call out our disgust publicly for all to see especially when there are so many Christians like myself that are busy doing the work that God has called us to do.
I believe that God has given you a talent and one that I appreciate personally. I encourage you to always read it through the glasses of a hurting lost soul. Are your words going to draw them to seek more about your Lord and Savior or are your words going to drive them further away?
