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newsTHE NEW YORK TIMES · AUG 30 · scored AUG 29

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The moment I knew: I’d never had romantic feelings for a man – then he touched my hand and it felt electric

As a widower and a newly single father of three, Jim Rogers was struggling. Then on a poolside holiday, he sat next to Tyler – and his life changed Find more stories from the moment I knew series In the mid 90s, I was in the prime of my life. I was in my early thirties, married to my soulmate, Lorna, with three kids under three. We’d emigrated from our small town in Worcestershire in the UK to Perth, and life was wonderful. Then Lorna was diagnosed with melanoma. We returned to England and less than a year later she was gone. It was completely unbelievable, as though someone had just come along and smashed my life into a million pieces. The following months were a blur: I was a grief-stricken widower and newly single parent struggling to keep the kids’ life on track and my own head above water. As time went on, it was obvious I wasn’t doing well and my parents insisted on treating me to a holiday in the sun. I didn’t want to go. Continue reading...

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Genesis 2:24 (BSB)
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Comfort sought apart from the Comforter

The author finds real relief from grief in a human relationship, but Scripture points first to God as the Father of mercies who comforts the afflicted. The story also treats felt attraction as sufficient guidance for identity and marriage, apart from the Creator's own design.

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (BSB)

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Genesis 2:24 (BSB)

OUR READING

Grief is real and comfort matters, but lasting comfort and identity are found in God, not in feeling alone.

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Who's covering this2 of 9 mainstream · 0 of 13 Christian
The New York Times, mainstream outletThe Guardian, mainstream outlet
Biblical alignmentCaution Advised · 30
0 · Scripturally Misaligned100 · Strongly Aligned
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Themes · grief and loss · remarriage and new relationships · sexual identity · family and parenting · dementia and suffering · personal resilience

Humanitydistorts

Identity and relational direction are discovered and validated through felt attraction and happiness rather than through the Creator's design for the person and for marriage.

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Genesis 2:24 (BSB)

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Romans 1:26-27 (BSB)

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Genesis 2:24 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

States God's created pattern for marriage, against which the narrative's relational arc is measured.

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Romans 1:26-27 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Directly addresses same-sex relationships, the central relational development the story portrays positively without comment.

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Names God, not a new relationship, as the source of comfort in affliction and loss.
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