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By Jeremy | December 15, 2006
Back at the school, my dad was fired immediately with a silenced weapon. We were ushered out of our house and into nowhere all within a few days. We thought the chaplain would come over and give some words of consolation but Father Frank stayed away from our quarantined house. We were scum. We felt guilty for what our dad did with those boys but we [or at least I] also felt guilty for destabilizing a Christian institution that had suddenly shifted into emergency gear and the ministry of damage control. We left without incident and no one waved goodbye to us. We vanished, just like they wanted it. It was our dad who committed the shameful act but we all bathed in that shame. No one wanted a part of it. Or us. No one wanted to be contaminated. We were the fallout family. Much better to have us just go away and disappear.Full story. Thank you, Andrew, for your vulnerability and courage and the challenge to embrace Haggard's children -- and children everywhere whose parents inflict shame -- with the unconditional love of our heavenly Father.accredited investoraccredited online masters programsaccredited university onlinemerchant card accept account creditbureau 3 credit reportcards accept instant now credit rightcredit amplify unionamerican card credit debt Map
Topics: compassion, faith, fathering, legacy | 2 Comments »
December 15th, 2006 at 8:26 pm
I think you and Andrew Jones are missing the point. In Haggard’s case, it was Haggard himself — by publicly condemning homosexuals — who created the atmosphere of shame and self-hatred which Jones says his children now need to be defended from.
December 17th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Mark,
I agree. Ted Haggard’s public positions made his fall from grace that much more difficult to bear. But the children are innocent of their father’s sins, and the church, if not the larger public, must embrace them, not shun them.