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appeared to be outside. Most didn’t know what to do with this conflict and were afraid to speak
it out loud. Many tried to repress it, sometimes through misguided religious strictness. Sometimes
they had no words or role models to make sense of who they were. And most of the time, when
they finally came to grips with the reality they had known all along, they were rejected by their
churches, by their families and certainly by their friends.
Laurie Scott is one of the people I met as a result of that column and the TED Talk that resulted
from the column. I have been moved by her story, by her passionate Christian faith and her
willingness to step outside her comfort zone to help others find peace in reconciling their faith
with who they know they are inside.
Seeking to understand something that previously seemed so outlandish has changed me for good
and for good. My prayer is that reading Laurie’s compelling story of life into death into life will
change you for good and for good.
Mark Wingfield
Dallas, Texas
June 2018