The image of the compass feels central to Autumn McAlpin’s book, But Jesus: A Conversation. Autumn explains, “Right now, my spiritual practice is centered on this—I read pure religion as found in the gospels in the New Testament, then try my best to keep up…” In Episode 163, she joins Cynthia and Susan to talk about the journey behind the book, and how her experiences as a mother and Latter-day Saint LGBTQ+ ally continue to shape her commitment to following Jesus and focusing on love.
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But Jesus: A Conversation, by Autumn McAlpin
“Parents of LGBTQ+ children are called to be the prophetic conscience of the Church on this issue. Their children’s suffering is their ordination. Their children’s beauty is their anointing. Their children’s future is their ‘Great Commission’. Their children are both their reason and their training. And while others, even religious leaders, play abstract, doctrinal games with plastic chips and Monopoly money, these parents are not only playing with every dime they have in the world, they are playing with their children’s lives, their children’s hearts laid bare and vulnerable on the table.” —Pastor Stan Mitchell
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” —James Baldwin
“Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” —Finley Peter Dunne
