Joy Everingham, a chaplain at the University of Kent Canterbury, has two sons and a wife named Ruth. The 46-year-old minister also is undergoing a transitioning process that involves hormone therapy and wearing women’s clothing full-time — all approved by church leaders.
“People sat down and started reading [my letter on transition], and then I could see them looking up and around,” the minister said, Kent Online reported Friday. “I was scared to death, but people kept coming up to me and saying ‘well done.’ A couple of people didn’t speak to me for a bit, but they had to work it out for themselves. I was expecting it to be a long hard trek to justify who I was, but it’s not been like that.”
The decision was 22 years in the making, which included years leading a double-life, a gender dysphoria diagnosis by health care professionals, and battles with depression.
“I tried running away from it, but I couldn’t resist it any longer,” the chaplain told the newspaper. “Sometimes I felt like God had cursed me, but I had to trust in a God that loves me, whatever I am.”
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So sad. United Methodists left their first love Many years ago; this just confirms...
ReplyDeleteThe Methodist church has gone to hell in a hand basket. It was bad enough when they stopped preaching the gospel. Then they only preached a social gospel which is totally not biblical. Then they ordained homosexual ministers, which we all know is against the bible. So they are ordaining and supporting transgender ministers. No wonder a lot of Methodists will burn in hell.
ReplyDeleteMethodism has become a cult instead of a religion.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't have her problems. My most pressing problems are choosing between salmon or a steak at a restaurant. Life is as complicated or as simple as you permit it to be.
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ReplyDeleteThe Methodist church has gone to hell in a hand basket. It was bad enough when they stopped preaching the gospel. Then they only preached a social gospel which is totally not biblical. Then they ordained homosexual ministers, which we all know is against the bible. So they are ordaining and supporting transgender ministers. No wonder a lot of Methodists will burn in hell.
November 21, 2017 at 4:54 PM
A serious mental illness. Anyone that stays with the Methodist Church has a mental illness just the same.
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad I don't have her problems. My most pressing problems are choosing between salmon or a steak at a restaurant. Life is as complicated or as simple as you permit it to be.
November 21, 2017 at 5:42 PM
Oh you do have a problem. If you refer to a man as a "her" you have a serious mental problem. You are the problem!