So while the anger among those who have suffered because of organizations such as Exodus makes sense, to channel it as they do—through online tirades, vehement criticisms of anyone who doesn’t adequately condemn the ex-gay movement, and haughty statements identifying the alleged foolishness of anyone who sees even vague merits in anything that comes out of Alan Chambers’s mouth—helps nothing, heals nothing, and draws nobody closer to God. As Nouwen so eloquently writes, “God’s unlimited love allows us to be deeply involved with the suffering of the world without being swallowed up by it.”
