A Tempest in My Soul
A baptist minister in a small Southern town learns acceptance and leans on his faith after his gay son dies of AIDS:
“In the meantime, word spread from the AIDS outreach organizations across the Chattanooga area that a minister’s son had caught the virus, and the Nevelses were asked to speak at an evening service at First Baptist in the Golden Gateway. It was considered a watershed moment, because few parents were willing to talk about the infection at the time.
“It would be Matt’s first plea with a church to alter its thinking.
“‘All have sinned,’ he said.
“‘We have got to quit trying to play God.'”
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
Published: Jun 24, 2012
Length: 17 minutes (4,499 words)