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Excerpt From Chapter One: “God Doesn’t Make Mistakes”

We’re getting closer to our goal but still have a way to go. If you’ve been thinking about helping get the book to print, please visit my GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/goddoesntmakemistakes

From Chapter One:

January 2000. I live in Sacramento, California. Everyone on Earth had just celebrated like they never had before and the “millennium bug” that was supposed to crash computers and make planes drop out of the sky turned out to be the “millennium dud.” I was the caregiver for my 92-year-old adopted grandpa until he passed away at home January fourth. For the two previous years, I hadn’t been to church. The very small church I had previously attended was the first church I ever attended as “Laurie,” and when it had to close its doors I concentrated on taking care of grandpa. But now he was gone and it was time to find a church home. Read more “Excerpt From Chapter One: “God Doesn’t Make Mistakes”” →

A Site for the Book

I now have a site called GodDoesntMakeMistakesBook.com specifically for my book. I also have a video trailer there that perhaps you’ll check out and if you’ve been planning on helping with the GoFundMe to get it to print, you can click here to get to that page.

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2 Week Update on My Book

This is amazing! Y’all have blessed me so much by helping get this book to print. We’re two weeks into the GoFundMe campaign and over $3,000 has been contributed – that’s over 40% of the goal! I’ve literally sat at my desk and cried as I’ve seen people, some I’ve never met and others whom I haven’t seen in over a decade and just learned that I was transgender generously help.

Pastor Wingfield’s awesome foreword is in and so the book is just about ready for proofreading and formatting!

Thank you each and every one of you. If you have been meaning to chip in and haven’t yet, no matter the amount (even $5) it will help. If 100 folks gave $10 the audio book would be a reality – so don’t think a small contribution doesn’t matter. I know there are tons of great places that your money could go to, I’m grateful you would even consider the ministry of this book to be worth it. And don’t forget there are gifts starting with $10 contributions going up to 5 years of international computer tech support (my day and night job) and a mention at the back of the book!

Blessings!

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Are You Changing the Church, or Just Complaining About…

Every now and then I pick on the Church for how it welcomes (or doesn’t welcome) their transgender brothers and sisters. This time I want to challenge my Christian brothers and sisters who are transgender.

Recently I’ve seen some posts being critical of churches that say that you (as someone who is transgender) are welcome but the church won’t accept that being transgender is the role you were given as part of God’s greater plan. The church is willing to accept you as someone not perfect with the hope that you will change – that’s the “deal”.

Read more “Are You Changing the Church, or Just Complaining About It?” →

God Doesn’t Have Boobs

Well-meaning Christians who don’t understand how someone can be transgender often quote the Bible to defend their dislike, disapproval or fear of someone who is transgender. It gives them a safe and what they feel is a Biblically based reason to justify how they feel about people who are transgender.

I’ll admit that there a few Christians out there (I know, I’m being kind) who just like to use the Bible to bully other people as if to let the world know just how holy they are – because they understand EXACTLY what God meant for every person in every situation. But those people are fortunately very few compared to the majority who would, if you asked them, admit that they simply don’t know everything. Read more “God Doesn’t Have Boobs” →

Being “Cut-Out” As a Christian

A friend of mine with a very talented daughter who rides horses posted a video recently showing an amazing demonstration of a cutting horse.

I didn’t even know what a “cutting horse” was or what it did (as a Texan of 15 years I should probably be ashamed for not knowing what this was.)

Read more “Being “Cut-Out” As a Christian” →

Disappointing People Doesn’t Mean You’re Disappointing God

Disappointing people is easy to do. In fact it’s so easy to do, you don’t have to do a thing. You don’t have to say a word. All you have to do is be your own loving self and people will turn on you in a heartbeat.

When you’re transgender, sometimes that’s all it takes to disappoint those around you. Perhaps you’ve kept it to yourself for a long time trying to be “normal”, perhaps you’ve transitioned already and new acquaintances eventually learn that you were known by another name (and another gender) in the past, and they find themselves disappointed in you for reasons they may not even be able to verbalize. Read more “Disappointing People Doesn’t Mean You’re Disappointing God” →

The Church of Pain

First, let me say that yes, I’m going to be a little hard on you Church in this post. Believe me, I’ve spent a fair share of time DEFENDING the Church from people who would call it hateful and yes, even evil. Not understanding something like how someone can be transgender doesn’t automatically make Christians hateful and evil, but how that lack of understanding is expressed can certainly have some severe effects.

Read more “The Church of Pain” →

Is it Christianity or Behavior Modification?

Pastor Sharon Bollum headed a project called 40 Churches in 40 Weeks. She visited churches and interviewed pastors from all over the country. This was a great interview (only 8 minutes long) with Pastor Andy Hale about keeping rules (the Law) and growing Christians.

Pastor Sharon Bollum’s project can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/40ChurchesIn40Weeks and on the web at www.sharonbollum.com

I Hate Not Being Able to See What’s Ahead!

Anyone who knows me knows I love to drive. Maybe it’s because I was born in California. I’m pretty sure they put a little motor oil in your veins the first hour of your life in the hospital. A good friend of mine in Sacramento has this beautiful Candy Apple Red Mustang that she actually built a separate garage/barn just to park it in and protect it – so it’s not just a guy thing in California. In California, we just love cars

Read more “I Hate Not Being Able to See What’s Ahead!” →