Marsha Stevens-Pino

It is an amazing story!

I'm not old enough to remember Children of the Day, but I first sang the song For Those Tears I Died at a Bible study when I was in high school in the early 80's. I remembered the song for years, but was flabbergasted many years later to hear that Marsha was a lesbian. I had recently come out and was still trying to figure things out. I saw her at a concert in Edmonton, Alberta, and knew it was possible to be me and still be a Christian.

So earlier tonight I saw Marsha's post on Facebook that this book had come out. I immediately went and bought it, started to read, and here I am four hours later trying to put words on the experience of reading it. I'm glad I read it on Kindle, because I could easily highlight meaningful passages that I probably wouldn't have in a hard copy. (I'm a nerd that way.) I played the music of hers I could find on Youtube while I was reading it.

I felt like I had read the story of a good friend when I was done. I hurt when I saw what she had been through, but she writes about it in a way that shows that she is a loving person who truly knows the God she follows. I had kind of quit thinking about her over the years, but God knew I needed this book right now. It's funny that the post even came through on my news feed. I guess it was just a God thing!… (més)