During college, I developed the best community of my life then, I graduated

September 11, 2016 in Life Lessons

“What happened to sweet, innocent Sean?” My college buddy exclaimed. The shock in his voice was enough to wake the mountains around us. “The world got a hold of him…” I responded softly with drowsy honesty of our early morning on my lips, keeping my eyes on the road. He had never been to Colorado […]

Hear These Words Of Mine

December 12, 2012 in Christianity, Life Lessons, Openly Gay at a Christian College

As a backstory for this post, I went to a private Christian university. I was openly gay and accepted by most of my peers, professors, resident directors, staff members, etc. I tried to start a club where LGBT students felt their were acknowledged and not alone on their Christian campus. The club application process was […]

We grabbed coffee after my recent coming out and she began to cry

September 9, 2012 in Christianity, Life Lessons, Openly Gay at a Christian College

She placed her elbows on the table and tilted her head slightly downward. I could see her starting to wipe the inner corners of her blue eyes, the corners where our tears tend to manifest. For the past two hours, we had been catching up on life over the past several months, with minor flashbacks […]

Being Gay at Point Loma Nazarene University

April 15, 2012 in Life Lessons, Openly Gay at a Christian College

The Road To Love Whether it is teaching that the Bible is a scrapbook or that water expresses emotions, professors and speakers at Point Loma make an effort to help us question things, inviting us to know things for ourselves, rather than regurgitate a worldview that isn’t necessarily our own. In the spring semester of […]