The purpose of this site is to be a welcoming and safe place for anyone. They can come here and be themselves without having to conform to anyone else's idea of a "true Christian". Here we are all just children of the same God.
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Grace is the acceptance of that which is rejected. ~Paul Tillich
I can’t respond to the question of the site’s purpose, but I can respond to my purpose (reason) in being here. I pray that in this smaller community, I can make more intimate contact with others who are seeking answers. By intimate, I’m referring to brotherly commitment to prayer and comfort when we need it. I come from small town Indiana – less than 1000 in my hometown – and I long for connection with others. I haven’t found it in any online community yet. I live in a closeted community, and the reality of life as a person with a disability and the isolation that accompanies it bring the possibility of connection into a different light. For me, connection with other GLBT and/or supports is only possible online.
I have several times found it next to impossible to actually find this site when I'm not at my home computer using my bookmarks. It never shows up on Google, I can't even find it listed on the ActiveBoard website-- I keep having to log into GCN and look at my old PM archive to find Jeffrey's original invitation to the site.
Mamalisa/Pbear is there some way we can get the site to show up easier? It's not even listed among the "Christian" sites on ActiveBoard, and I can't even find any gay-themed message boards on their page. I think if we could make the site more accessible, there might be more people led here who are needing a site like this.
Just a question,
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"I'd place myself... oh... somewhere between Galadriel and Peter Griffin."
the purpose for me to be here is because its a smaller environment(for now) where i can say stuff and not have it lost in the shuffle. i know that one day (soon) (i think) i will be able to post this huge secret i have and not have it go unnoticed, not that i am all about what i have to say, but when i have the courage to say it, i would like for it to be read and hopefully responded to. the larger communities that i am apart of are awesome, i love them, but sometimes they seem to fast paced, and sometimes you feel like you are not apart of them. i hope this makes sense.
That would make the relationship between Andy Taylor and Barney Fife a little more INTERESTING...
Hmmmmmm................
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Be yourself!!! Don't try to fit into someone else's mold, you won't fit!!! And that just leads to utter misery!!! Live life to it's fullest in Christ's love every day!!!
