Tag: scared of church

• 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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• Purpose and the Politician

  

  A recent trip to Texas and a Netflix original show trigger thoughts of purpose and destiny.

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  November 25, 2019

  Christianity, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexuality, theology

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• No Man’s Land

  

  In Lady Montague’a “Turkish Embassy Letters” she describes a people group in South Eastern Europe, during the Ottoman Empire. They existed between Islamic nations and Christian nations. Out of fear, they kept both holy days, refusing to work on both Friday’s and Sunday’s. I resonate with that—binding yourself to fear so intimately you live in…

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  October 30, 2019

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• Part. 6 – Redding, CA

  

  Redding is special to me… and the why doesn’t really make sense. When I lived there a few years back, people would ask me, “How do you like Redding?” My answer would always be a dodge. “Bethel is great!” (the church I was attending at the time). But somehow, this place that I had no…

  Brandon Darrell Lane Flanery

  August 9, 2018

  Christianity, homosexuality, LGBTQ, sexuality, traveling

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