Legalists treat gray issues as if they’re black-and-white. Theological liberals treat black-and-white issues as if they’re gray.
Mature Christians, gladly submitting to God’s Word in a healthy church, do the harder work of holding truths in tension and resisting easy extremes.
9. Please hug us still. Gay people sometimes feel like lepers in Christian community because people (often of the same sex) stop touching them or demonstrating any intimacy. This is devastating.
5. Structure your life in such a way that you can accommodate for and do life with single people. This is good for everyone, but especially for celibate gay people who often really feel fearful of loss of any intimacy or community