Category: Homosexuality
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Fighting the Spiritual Battle
Things have continued to be difficult for me over the last several days, particularly in dealing with my temptations to masturbate and have sex with other men. This is part of the spiritual battle, one in which the devil attacks me and tries to get me to act on the temptations that I experience. Like…
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Trusting in God
Over the last couple of days, God has really been helping me to see some of the obstacles in my spiritual life that are preventing me from growing closer to Him and from having peace in spite of my circumstances. Last night, I was thinking about my friendships, specifically how I feel I don’t have…
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Some Interesting Stories From This Week
I saw a couple of interesting stories in the media this week that I thought I should blog about. The first one was a story from Britain’s Times Online and it had a very provocative title: “The Day I Decided to Stop Being Gay.” Seeing this in Google News the other day, I felt like I…
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Exhausted
Well, the title of this blog post pretty much sums up how I feel today: exhausted. Spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted. I’ve been feeling a little lonely and starved for attention over the past couple days, and that’s never a good thing. The devil always like to mess with me when I’m feeling that way.…
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So Long 2009, Hello 2010!
It’s about 4:00 p.m. on December 31, which means that there are about eight hours left in 2009. What a year this has been. I don’t think I can recall another year in my life that has been so difficult and yet held so much promise. I say this year has been difficult because my…
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Can Sexual Orientation be Changed?
There’s a great deal of debate over whether a person’s sexual orientation can be changed. From my own experience, I can definitely tell you that my sexual orientation has been somewhat fluid. When I was a teenager, I was definitely interested in girls. My first sexual fantasies were about girls. But as I got older,…
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Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Elects Openly Gay Bishop
The Los Angeles Times has an interesting story on its Web site about the Rev. Canon Mary D. Glasspool, who clergy and lay leaders of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles elevated to the rank of bishop on Dec. 5. According to the story, Rev. Glasspool has been in a homosexual relationship with another woman for…
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Fighting Temptations
As I was reading through the Gospel According to St. Matthew recently, I came across the section where Jesus is in the desert and is being tempted by the Devil. Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and…
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Richard Dawkins and the Catholic Church
Richard Dawkins, the author of “The God Delusion,” wrote a recent blog post in the Washington Post’s OnFaith section about the Vatican’s decision to make it easier for disaffected Anglicans to be received into the Catholic Church. In his post, Dawkins makes a number of serious and incorrect accusations against the Catholic church, including some…
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More Trials and Tribulations
Things continue to be very difficult for me in my struggles with chastity. Last night, I gave into my urge to masturbate without much of a fight. It’s a bit frustrating because I’m getting sick of committing and confessing the same sin over and over again. But I guess I’m just getting a little tired…