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joloro

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  • Birthday 02/24/1972

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    Nashville, TN
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    singing, Metaphysical and theological studies, Information Technology, music, Scottish terriers and classic (60's-90's) cars.

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  1. I'm Jody. I live in Nashville, TN, USA. I spent 20 years avoiding any type of church activity after I was asked to leave a fundamentalist church in Arkansas when they learned I was a gay man. I had a dream to be a Christian singer and this was pretty devastating to me on a personal level. As humiliating as that was, I never felt like I was apart from God - but I did not feel like subjecting myself to any more of that sort of disrespect and scorn. Living in Chicago many years later, I found the book, 'Why Christianity Must Change or Die' by John Shelby Spong and suddenly felt like I might have something in common with the people he spoke of in this group of 'exiled Christians'. Around that time the book 'The Secret' also came out and I truly began to feel some stirrings in my soul and this was exciting to me. Now...12 or so years later, I'm living in Nashville, I sing again in our church band and have a few personal recording sessions coming up! I'm a member of the Center for Spiritual Living Nashville, which is a LGBTQI-affirming church and I am taking regular classes and am within a year or so from being a licensed practitioner. I think Spong's teachings are extremely valuable for people of this generation who feel they can no longer subscribe to the limited and narrow teachings of fundamentalist churches. I'm excited to become a member of a progressive group like this! Cheers! Jody David Lopez-Robinson Nashville, TN 37013 "Trust God for great things; with your five loaves and two fishes, He will show you a way to feed thousands." Horace Bushnell
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