So, I just launched a new blog! With a lot of help from my friends. It’s called Your Other Brothers, and it’s a storytelling community for Christianity amid struggles with homosexuality.
These last few years of writing more openly about faith and sexuality have introduced me to some of my dearest friends all over the world. I’m thrilled to partner with my spiritual brothers and help introduce them and our stories to you.
We’ve had an interesting journey in friendship, to say the least. My first post explains how our bizarre brotherhood got rolling.
Check out my excerpt of YOB’s inaugural post, “Christians Struggling With Homosexuality.” Or just click over for the full read!
Once upon a time, a Google search changed the direction of my life.
A dramatic claim, perhaps, but it’s true. If I had to slice my life in two, the line would go through November 2008 — pre-Google search and post-Google search.
Alone in my bedroom at my parents’ house, I fired up my laptop and instead of searching for gay porn like all those other times, I Googled those four now pivotal words:
christians struggling with homosexuality
I hit enter, and the resulting page infused me with goosebumps and heart palpitations. Of all the places on the Internet, this 4-word Google search led me to . . . Xanga. The ancient blogging platform for angsty teens and tweens; the MySpace of the blogosphere.
What Xanga lacked in blogging authority, however, it more than made up for in community. Thanks to that Google search, I discovered a Xanga “blogring” full of Christians struggling with homosexuality.
In fact, that was the exact name of the group: “Christians Struggling With Homosexuality.” I scrolled down, and my eyes hovered over all the bloggers’ profile pictures — dozens of them.
So simple. So obvious. How had I missed this for 21 years? How had I never even considered it?
Why wouldn’t there exist other Christians struggling with homosexuality — just like me?
Read the rest of my inaugural post at Your Other Brothers! And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We’re all excited for this new collective chapter, and we’d love to have you along for the journey.
