Tim Rymel > Quotes

“I’ve learned not to put energy into people who don’t accept me the way I am.”
― Tim Rymel, Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning

“Even at that time, I felt much of what came from the Family Research Council, the research institute from Focus on the Family, didn’t sit right. When they put out an article stating the average life span of a gay man was 44 years old, a seed of doubt was planted in my mind about the legitimacy of their study.”
― Tim Rymel, Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning

“The issues men and women brought to the ministry were sometimes much greater than we were qualified to address.”
― Tim Rymel, Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning

“We want people to know “God’s love,” but they sure better know if they don’t accept it - in all its beauty - they’ll go straight to hell. His”
― Tim Rymel, Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning

“Deep within my existence something said, without any words, “This is what life is supposed to be. You were created to feel deeply and love deeply, without doubt, without shame, and without guilt.”
― Tim Rymel, Going Gay: My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning