I grew up in LA and am well familiar with the shallow surface Hollywood style stuff you mentioned. It is ubiquitous, unfortunately. But there are also many Christians in CA and hopefully your granddaughter will Make many Christian friends there
I grew up in LA and am well familiar with the shallow surface Hollywood style stuff you mentioned. It is ubiquitous, unfortunately. But there are also many Christians in CA and hopefully your granddaughter will Make many Christian friends there
That’s right! Jesus Freaks were coming out of the closet, the Crystal Cathedral was bursting at its seams, Up With People was populated with Christians, and Orange County was as red as Central Texas minus Austin. The SoCal spirit was highly optimistic and an unfortunate example of how good times make soft people. I would love to see LA and San Fran cleaned up and making California great again.
Only a few miles from where I now live... We've been blessed to have had Chuck Smith teach and shepherd so many leaders that have taken up the baton and continued the race.
That is my earnest prayer, Monterey (what state do you live in now?) I am a native PA resident and moved to Palm Springs, CA right before my granddaughter was born (she was my first grandchild and I had been yearning for grandchildren for so many years). But Palm Springs ended up being not a very good idea - my hubby and I returned to PA within 2 years...couldn't take the Cally mindset--the geography is wondrous (except for the fires in the late summer that rain "cinders/soot" on the Coachella Valley where we lived at the time).
Yes...that's who bought our condo when I put it on the market - a gay man (who was a former NASA astronaut no less). I used to empathize with homosexuals - but since they have become rabid and so militarized--my empathy has faded away!
@Sharon- NONE of my gay friends and family are militarized. NONE. IDK who you see but mine arenot rabid at all. They live normal lives which is what anyone wants.
We have our share of gay in the family. One female wanted a child, with her female partner... they attempted a biological child with the partner's brother... didn't work out. Opted to purchase sperm and through IVF had a boy. (try explaining that to Grandpa!)
The child grew up calling the non bio-related female "dad" and that was awkward at every family gathering. "Dad" is no longer in the picture, and now that the child is a teenager, everyone wonders if he knows about his origins ...needless to say the other teenagers ask questions behind his back and we just glance a "don't even think about saying anything" at every gathering....
@Mom- all that kid needs to be told is he was conceived in love- and a test tube (so was my grandson but Mom, not gay, had fertility issues)- and that parents sometimes break up but it doesn't mean he's loved any less. THAT'S the normal part for him because how many of his friends have parents who have broken up? The only thing making it awkward and his teenage cousins asking questions is the lack of adult acknowlegement.
I grew up in LA and am well familiar with the shallow surface Hollywood style stuff you mentioned. It is ubiquitous, unfortunately. But there are also many Christians in CA and hopefully your granddaughter will Make many Christian friends there
The Jesus Revolution, circa 1970’s, started in Cali. God knows ❤️
I remember seeing it play out in front of me as a child
That’s right! Jesus Freaks were coming out of the closet, the Crystal Cathedral was bursting at its seams, Up With People was populated with Christians, and Orange County was as red as Central Texas minus Austin. The SoCal spirit was highly optimistic and an unfortunate example of how good times make soft people. I would love to see LA and San Fran cleaned up and making California great again.
Only a few miles from where I now live... We've been blessed to have had Chuck Smith teach and shepherd so many leaders that have taken up the baton and continued the race.
That is my earnest prayer, Monterey (what state do you live in now?) I am a native PA resident and moved to Palm Springs, CA right before my granddaughter was born (she was my first grandchild and I had been yearning for grandchildren for so many years). But Palm Springs ended up being not a very good idea - my hubby and I returned to PA within 2 years...couldn't take the Cally mindset--the geography is wondrous (except for the fires in the late summer that rain "cinders/soot" on the Coachella Valley where we lived at the time).
Palm Springs is awful with its major gay push. Its like san fran all over.
Yes...that's who bought our condo when I put it on the market - a gay man (who was a former NASA astronaut no less). I used to empathize with homosexuals - but since they have become rabid and so militarized--my empathy has faded away!
@Sharon- NONE of my gay friends and family are militarized. NONE. IDK who you see but mine arenot rabid at all. They live normal lives which is what anyone wants.
Depends on what one considers normal I guess.
@SPH- just to live quietly, go to work, have a nice home, good food to eat, decent vehicles. You know- normal.
We have our share of gay in the family. One female wanted a child, with her female partner... they attempted a biological child with the partner's brother... didn't work out. Opted to purchase sperm and through IVF had a boy. (try explaining that to Grandpa!)
The child grew up calling the non bio-related female "dad" and that was awkward at every family gathering. "Dad" is no longer in the picture, and now that the child is a teenager, everyone wonders if he knows about his origins ...needless to say the other teenagers ask questions behind his back and we just glance a "don't even think about saying anything" at every gathering....
Yeap, just your average "normal"!
@Mom- all that kid needs to be told is he was conceived in love- and a test tube (so was my grandson but Mom, not gay, had fertility issues)- and that parents sometimes break up but it doesn't mean he's loved any less. THAT'S the normal part for him because how many of his friends have parents who have broken up? The only thing making it awkward and his teenage cousins asking questions is the lack of adult acknowlegement.
Yes, it surely IS a different mindset. I'm told LaQuinta is the conservative desert town.
Currently in the beautiful state of WA