Married, Yet Alone: When Your Partner Is In the Closet
As many churches, including the Christian Reformed Church, debate the Christian response to human sexuality, Yolanda has a message for pastors, parents, and pew-sitters: “let people be who they are.” (Photo credit: iStock). On her wedding day, Yolanda knew she wasn’t in love, but she wasn’t too worried. There was…
Blue Babies Pink by B.T. Harman
B.T. Harman Blue Babies Pink is a moving memoir by B.T. Harman that tells the story of his life growing up as a gay Christian in a conservative Christian family. The story is told through a 44-episode podcast. His story is not just about a Christian dealing with his sexuality, but also about…
Car Chats by Joey & Dana
In the Car Chats series, sisters, Joey and Dana, who are both part of the LGBTQ+ community, share their experiences in the church, providing insights into the harm done for persons who love Jesus and the church. Watch the full series here.
Through My Eyes: Powerful Stories of Young Gay Christians
For this video, Justin Lee (author of Torn) and his team travelled across the U.S. and Canada asking Christian youth and young adults to talk about their experiences with church debates on homosexuality. Although this video was first created in 2009, the content is still relevant today. As their churches…
A Pastor’s Journey
If you are in leadership, you might be able to relate to this pastor’s story. When faced with an awareness of the harm being done by the church, Pastor Jonathan Bow believed there was only one choice to make. He shares his difficult, but rewarding journey to full affirmation of…
A Pastor’s Story
“The Church has abandoned the Gospel and has lost the heart and message of Jesus. A pastor should speak about that.” — Keith Mannes Unmediated Simple Faith, Pure Love; Spiritual Growth without the Interference of Christianity Book Review by Kathy Vandergrift UnMediated is one pastor’s cri de coeur, but it…
Maurice Vellekoop
Maurice Vellekoop was born and raised in a suburb of Toronto. He grew up the youngest of four children in a Christian Reformed family. He is a cartoonist, illustrator, and the author of a graphic memoir that became available in February 2024 called I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together.…
Sophia Bouwsma
Sophia Bouwsma shares her story as a letter written to those in the CRC, the denomination in which she grew up. She especially wishes to have her letter read by those in the CRC who support the Human Sexuality Report (HSR). Most of my life has been spent in the…
Natalie Drew
By Kathryn Post, Religion News Service Meet Natalie Drew: Christian Reformed, trans woman, US army veteran and pacifist. ‘I get asked a lot, why do I stay?’ said Drew, a wife and mother of two. ‘I stay because I truly believe Jesus Christ came, died and rose again the third…
Daniel Alberts
It’s been about 20 years since I regularly attended a Christian Reformed Church. At that time, I was living in western Colorado. Every so often, on a Sunday morning, I made an hour-long trip from a small town called Rifle to Grand Junction to be with those whom, at the…