When I asked who you wanted to hear from next, many of you requested an interview with a gay Christian. Justin is also the director of " Through My Eyes ," a documentary about young gay Christians, and the co-host of GCN Radio, a popular podcast on issues of faith and sexuality. He blogs at Crumbs from the Communion Table. Justin certainly rose to the occasion, answering your questions thoughtfully and humbly.
I hope you find his responses as helpful as I did. From Justin: Hello, everyone! I'm honored to have this opportunity, and I'm so grateful to Rachel for making it possible.
Thanks, Rachel! As soon as I read through the questions Rachel sent, two things were immediately obvious to me: First, you guys are passionate about this issue and have a ton of great questions! Second, some of the questions were really long. I don't want to bore you all to tears, but I also know that short, bumper-sticker answers to deep questions aren't very helpful.
So I've tried to be concise, I've edited a few of the questions for brevity, and I'm committing right now to stick around here for at least the next week to keep answering questions in the comments. Anything I don't get to or that needs more space, I'll address on my own blog, Crumbs from the Communion Table.
From reader Justin B. I'd also be interested in hearing more about your story, such as when you first discovered you were gay, how long you waited before you told people, that kind of thing. This is the perfect question to ask, and it's a question I think we Christians should be more in the habit of asking the people we encounter in our lives: "Tell me your story. Why was the woman at the well so impressed with Jesus? It was because he knew her story. That alone made her eager to listen to him and bring others to do the same.
