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By Jennifer Moodie 5/27/2022  “You run/hit/cry like a girl.” “Sit like a lady, only boys sit like that.” “That is so gay.” “Boys/girls don’t ______.” “Be a man.” “You guys seem close. Are you gay?” “Sissy.” “He is feminine/she is masculine.” “You need to work hard at being more masculine/feminine so as to not give the illusion you are gay.”  Have you heard any of these quips? I have. And many many more. We are so focused on being masculine and feminine and not giving any illusion that we could be * gasp * gay, that we forget that God created us masculine or feminine by way of us being male or female. This idea that we need to strive hard to be what we were already created to be and that if we don’t do it right, we could be something else is the very argument that the transgender community makes. The belief that we can “put on” or “take off” masculinity and femininity. If a boy has a soft voice, likes to play the piano or sew, and cares how he looks people call him feminine. If...

by Jennifer Moodie 5/29/22 On May 28, 2022, Josh Duggar was sentenced to over 12 years in prison on charges of child sex abuse material. When he gets out, providing he serves his entire sentence, his youngest child will only be 12. His family and friends have rallied around him the whole way, claiming his innocence, writing letters to the judge begging for mercy and leniency. Here are some of the letters (trigger warning): It seems that the Duggars, amongst many others, forget that while God is a God of love and mercy, He is also a God of justice. Without justice there can be no mercy and true love.  Deuteronomy 10:17-18 For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and taking no bribe. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. Deuteronomy 16:19-20 Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes o...

To All The Women Who Have Been Objectified By The Church... by Jennifer Moodie 7/23/20 What does it mean to objectify someone?  noun:  the act or an instance of treating a person as an object or thing : The objectification of women in the media teaches girls that all they have to offer is their body and face, and they should expend all their effort on physical appearance    Dear women. I'm so sorry. You have been told by the world that your worth, your value, and your ability to be desired is in your sex appeal and looks. You have been looked at as something to consume rather than a person to be known intimately, loved, and cherished. TV ads use your bodies to sell products. Hollywood uses your bodies to get viewers. Pornography uses your bodies for pleasure, no matter your consent or not, but often without it. Pornography separates your body from who you are. All around you, you are only seen through the lens of how men view you.     I'm sor...

Victim? Or Victim Mentality?  By Jennifer Moodie 5/11//22  Galatians 5:22-23a But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver. Proverbs 18:21a Death and life are in the power of the tongue… I know we have all heard, or even quoted, the old adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!” For being so very popular and used as a way to try to keep us from caring what others say, it couldn’t be more wrong. Words DO hurt. They often hurt worse than physical pain and the wounds cut deeper and last much longer. What hurts more is hearing things that harm you from people who are supposed to love you. People whose words you value being used to tear you down and mistreat you.  And then to add insult to injury, you may be told by others to whom you have reached out that the hurt you are feeling is your ch...