by Jason Mellard | Oct 28, 2024 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
We don’t need to wait for us or our circumstances to change before allowing ourselves to feel good, accept ourselves and love life. In fact, waiting for those things is a hindrance to our growth. It has been for me in my journey. I used to believe feeling good...
by Jason Mellard | Oct 18, 2024 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
If you listen to or read my testimony, you will have a picture of the day during my fine arts class freshman year of college when I had the largest sexualized attraction to a guy in my life. I believe my body and mind were telling me that connecting physically with my...
by Jason Mellard | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog
For many years, my automatic beliefs didn’t serve me. I believed I didn’t have what it takes to make it in life, that the world was a scary place, and that others were better off with me on the sidelines. These beliefs kept me from enjoying the fullness of life...
by Jason Mellard | Sep 6, 2024 | Blog
I’ve shared before the scene where my dad would pin me down during an activity he called wrestling and urge me to break free. But his grip rendered me powerless to exert force against him. I would try to obey his command but eventually give up. It was an impossible...
by Jason Mellard | Sep 2, 2024 | Blog
I asked a friend recently, “If you are vulnerable with someone and get hurt, is it worth it? Is it possible you could be better off for being vulnerable even though the outcome wasn’t what you desired?” He responded, “No, I have been hurt enough.” My heart...
by Jason Mellard | Aug 16, 2024 | Blog, Same-Sex Attraction
The psalmist said “For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” It is easy for me to agree with that verse intellectually, but it is not...
