Today I give thanks to those who help show us the way forward.
The article I’m sharing today is one of the most powerful I have ever read about how people change. Spoiler alert: It’s through love. Not through careful argumentation and debate, shaming, blaming, ignoring, demeaning, looking down one’s nose, or assuming a holier-than-thou attitude. People can change even their most deeply held, core beliefs through love.
Here’s how the New York Times describes this Opinion piece:
“But what could you learn if you could look in on someone’s mind in the process of changing? One of the special things about a project Opinion is publishing today is that it allows us to do just that. Bill White, an evangelical pastor and inveterate diarist, carefully documented the yearslong emotional and spiritual journey he took after his son Timothy came out as gay.”
Here’s the link to the opinion piece from the New York Times. If you can’t access it online, I hope you’ll find it in your local library – or maybe a friend could (lovingly) share it with you!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/05/opinion/coming-out-evangelical-pastor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.u04.F0c_.syk5U_0mm7U6&smid=url-share
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