Love Without the Small Print

Written By Sarah Joiner

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“I feared rejection. I believed that love in our community was conditional. It had small print: terms and conditions which might prove unfavorable. If people knew the true me, I’d be labelled, marginalized and rejected.”

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Sarah, thank you for this. It is such a well balanced article. I hope we can all read or listen to it and have our hearts opened to this issue facing many of our community.

I am so sorry you felt that way, and so sorry we as a community have not really moved forward in love yet.

-Pam

Thanks for your encouragement Pam. A way forward is to focus on the lessons rather than the hurt; that way we can follow our Lord in making our community safer for everyone.

-Sarah

Sarah Joiner

Sarah lives on the beautiful Gower Peninsular (Wales, UK) with her husband, Andy, two children and two zoomy whippets. She is an English teacher and works in the Home Tuition Service, supporting learners who are unable to attend a mainstream school.

As a bisexual woman navigating a hard path in the Christadelphian Community, Jesus’ model of love without the small print has become a vital component of her moral compass.

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