I grew up with gay parents interveiw with caleb kaltenbach

My mom moved to Kansas City with a psychologist. In fact, one of your earlier talks at Q, you told the story of being raised by two lesbian, two moms. His Dad was the preacher at the church I started going to on Sunday night for youth group. One of those was a family that, I guess, given your background from a progressive sort of orientation, they probably must have looked pretty square to you.

That none of us, you know, truly seek God without the spirit working in us. Caleb Kaltenbach has three degrees—all from Christian colleges—including a doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary. They were professors. You recounted a good bit of it in your book Messy Grace , but would you tell at least a condensed version of that story here?

His family. Big Time. God used a couple of different families. Christians hate gay people. Caleb will tell more of his story in the interview that follows. You know, these are not the credentials that you might expect to find on the resume of a man whose parents divorced when he was a small child and who was raised by two lesbian moms.

Born to parents who soon divorced to pursue gay relationships, Caleb grew up to become a Christian and then a pastor, much to the alarm of his parents. If you are not like them, they will not like you. I remember this one pride parade I was marching in. And so I was raised by three gay parents.

Here we are at the Q Conference. Kaltenbach's parents divorced when he was just two years old. My dad stayed in Columbia, Missouri. Is that what you would say? Her name was vera and they became activists. He was the pastor of a fast growing evangelical church in Silicon Valley, California.

Caleb, welcome to the program. And when I was 16, I went to a Bible study and found Jesus, started following him. He became a Christian and came out as a Christian to his two lesbian moms. And I was so nervous, Warren, because at that point I had to come out to my three gay parents.

His dad, Roy, helped lead me to the Lord. When I was two, my parents divorced and they went into same sex relationships. However, when he was a teenager, Caleb had a sort of coming out of his own. When Caleb Kaltenbach was two years old, both his mother and father came out as gay, then got a divorce.

Growing up, he absorbed their antagonism toward Christians, but went on to embrace. He then observed about Christians' hatred toward the gay people. Both pursued relationships with the same gender. My dad was more activist oriented. Caleb Kaltenbach was raised by LGBT parents, marched in gay pride parades as a youngster, and experienced firsthand the hatred a.

Sometimes, grace gets messy. Two of them are activists. The family, alongside his mother's partner, went on to become pro-LGBT activists. My friend Greg and his family. Caleb shares his honest, gutwrenching story of confusion, hope and reconcilliation with his mom, his dad and their partners.

Well, you, talk about in some of your presentations how, like you say, the Christians were the enemy and you had kind of good reason to believe that, right?