Assuming ill motives almost instantly cuts us off from truly understanding why someone does and believes as they do.
When we engage people across ideological divides, asking questions helps us map the disconnect between our differing points of view.
I had never experienced the death of someone close to me until my grandfather passed away.
If you look at who you were a year ago and aren't somewhat embarrassed, you're not growing as a person.
My first memories are of picketing ex-servicemen's funerals and telling their families they were going to burn in hell.
Some people cannot believe there is an alternative interpretation of the Bible aside from their own.
You can't listen to the whole world tell you you're crazy, without wondering, 'Am I crazy?'
My first memories are of picketing ex-servicemen's funerals and telling their families they were going to burn in hell.
My church's antics were such that we were constantly at odds with the world. That reinforced our 'otherness' on a daily basis.
If you look at who you were a year ago and aren't somewhat embarrassed, you're not growing as a person.
I wrote an apology for the harm I'd caused, but I also knew that an apology could never undo any of it.
I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.
I had never experienced the death of someone close to me until my grandfather passed away.
I don't think that, if you do everything else in your life right and you happen to be gay, you're automatically going to hell.