Apr 11, 2025 | Acceptance, Healing Work, Self-worth, Spirituality
By Sholom–At Brothers Road, we’re all on a path of becoming—becoming more whole, more honest, more at peace. And one of the most courageous steps we take along that path is the decision to let go. Letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It doesn’t mean pretending...
Dec 2, 2022 | Acceptance, Being Real, Change, Choices, Core Needs, Courage, Friendship, Healing Work, Male Bonding, Marriage, Possible Causes, Self-identity, Self-worth, Spirituality
By Rich Wyler, Brothers Road Recently, pop singer and former missionary David Archuleta gave national media interviews in which he embraced a gay or queer identity and said he was stepping away from religion because he couldn’t reconcile his religion with his...
Feb 11, 2021 | Acceptance, Being Real, Change, Core Needs, Healing Work, Jewish, Male Bonding, Self-identity, Spirituality
Guest Blog by Josh — I am a 35-year-old Orthodox Jew, loving husband, father of five beautiful children, a leader in my community, and a striving Torah Jew—who experiences same-sex attraction. I not only live with same-sex attraction, but I thrive with it. Through my...
Feb 1, 2021 | Acceptance, Healing Work, Self-worth, Spirituality
Guest Blog by A.J. Benjamin — I used to be gay. Sort of. But I don’t really consider myself “ex-gay,” either. The “gay” label is a social construct that, to me, has no objective basis in true reality. When we don’t understand something, we tend to make up all sorts of...
Dec 22, 2018 | Bullying, Friendship, Male Bonding, Marriage, Possible Causes, Spirituality
Guest Blog by Stephen Done — It is a common misconception that people who experience same-sex attraction cannot find happiness without having a same-sex partner. But through my own experiences and observations of other people in similar situations, I know that...
