“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”— John 13: 34-35, thoughtcatalog.com
“Kids are killing themselves because they have been convinced that they fundamentally don't have a place in this world. If you think that God prioritizes caring about what gender someone likes to kiss over that, then you've somehow gotten so off track that the religion you are practicing bears no res…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don't have to have internal struggles with my morality, my sense of self, or my worthiness. I just am. In that way, being gay is both irrelevant and critically important in my life. And maybe that's how God sees it, too. I suspect that people's sexuality is irrelevant in terms of the theology but…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Having a sexual orientation should not exclude you from said religion. Being gay and being Christian should not be exclusive objects. They should not be black and white.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“I became happy when I came out. I became happier when—I admitted I was gay, when I finally accepted and found peace in myself. Eight years ago, when I prayed to God wishing to be happy, I was unknowingly praying for the courage to come out.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“My homosexuality does not merely coexist with my religion—it is dependent on it.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“'Many people claim Paul condemns women serving in church leadership...but what they are missing is what he did do. He urged the church and people to treat women with levels of respect never heard of before in the ancient world. Only few today would interpret that as a condemnation of women serving i…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Changing identities is hard. Trying to bend key characteristics of yourself away from preconceived notions and toward reality feels quite a bit like bending sheet metal. It poses quote a bit of opportunity for breakage—especially heart breakage. Change is hard. Change is scarring. Change can be pain…”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“If St. Paul saw what existed today, I'm quite confident he would not write the same words again. If he saw loving relationships between two men or two women who loved each other and wanted to experience life together, I think he would see that merely as another expression of God's love.”— Jacob Geers, thoughtcatalog.com
“Change is hard. Change is scarring. Change can be painful. We fear the change that comes with new jobs, new opportunities - things that we see as generally positive. It should be no surprise, then, that changing one's perceived sexual orientations is fucking hard.”— Jacob Geers, amazon.com