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Comfortable Friendships
How do you feel about being comfortable? My body enjoys comfortable chairs. In a recent restaurant visit was your chair comfortable or...

Carolyn & John Wilt
May 23 min read


Lovingly Caring For All Family Members
As parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and dear family friends we care for all of our family and friends. We desire that their daily...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Apr 43 min read


Some Meaningful Thoughts
Carolyn & John Wilt Last month I found a neat daily calendar of statements. Every day it shares one or more open minded thoughts....

Carolyn & John Wilt
Mar 23 min read


“Love Is Love”
The 2024 SDA Kinship Kampmeeting was enriched with cartoons and thoughts shared by David Hayward (known as the artist the NakedPastor)....

Carolyn & John Wilt
Nov 1, 20242 min read


Rainbow Families
Maybe you wonder, what is a rainbow family?Great question—it’s a family with an LGBTQIA+ member. That person may be a son or daughter, or...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Kinship's Families & Friends Benefits
As Carolyn and I welcome new families and friends to Kinship, we are often emotionally moved by the personal reasons and needs shared. So...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Mar 8, 20243 min read


Carrol Grady
Carrol Grady Sleep well, looking forward to meeting again Recently, our Adventist faith and SDA Kinship community lost a brave and loving...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Oct 2, 20232 min read


Helping Our Faith to Understand and Love
Carolyn & John Wilt As we watch our top faith leaders react and respond to genuine modern human situations, we see exposed many...

Carolyn & John Wilt
May 1, 20232 min read


The Eleventh Commandment: Be Kind!
Recently we discovered this new publication, The Eleventh Commandment: Why Kindness Matters, written by Rich DuBose, Michael Temple, and...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Feb 1, 20233 min read


Enjoy the Kinship Spirit
We’ve been re-reading an excellent book by Loma Linda theology professor, Richard Rice, Believing, Behaving, Belonging: finding a new...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Nov 1, 20223 min read


From Pyramids to Wheels
Often we connect with families struggling with the sudden awareness that a family member is LGBTQIA+. This new awareness can be stressful...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Mar 2, 20223 min read


Are Conversion Therapies Successful?
As Carolyn and I connect with many LGBTQIA+ families and close friends, we are often asked about SOCE. Yes, we have connected with a few...

SDA Kinship
Sep 1, 20213 min read


Focusing and Refocusing, Adjusting and Readjusting
Focusing is a complex process. How many times a day do you stop and focus on something? Maybe you need to see a special store sign or...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Jun 4, 20213 min read


Coming Out- Family Process
Many LGBTQ+ folks have celebrated their successful “coming out” to friends and their families. It’s probably a process and event they had...

Carolyn & John Wilt
Nov 2, 20204 min read
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