Tag: journal

• To those who tried…

  

  Often we love inspirational quotes about getting back up and trying. But when we’ve deeply tried and failed, how can we have hope? Here are some thoughts on the matter.

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  December 2, 2021

  Psychology/Mental Health, sexuality, theology

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• A Letter to My Younger Self

  

  At the age of 30, I write a letter to my younger self with advice on how to navigate being gay and Christian.

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  July 9, 2020

  Christianity, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexuality, theology

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• Reneging on My Six… Maybe

  

  A while back, I wrote I was a counter-phobic, sexual six. If you’re not an enneagram nerd like myself, no, I’m not having sex with six people. In short, a sexual six is scared and presents courageous to prove to themself and others they’re able to beat anything. I promise I’m getting to sappy, personal…

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  November 27, 2019

  Christianity, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexuality, theology

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• Bubbling Anxieties

  

  Heads up: this post is gonna be a ton of rambling about my anxieties and what I do with them as a Six. Yup. I said it. Six. I’ve begrudgingly identified as a Four in the infamous Enneagram for about a six months, but I’ve never felt settled on it. Then a friend who loves…

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  December 5, 2018

  Christianity, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexuality, traveling

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