“Nothing is exactly as it appears. The closer you look, the more you see.” — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“Will God allow me to be killed in a freak accident if I keep lying to my parents about music and movies?” — Aaron Hartzler Lying Copy Share Image
“The college allows students of different races to date now, but the place is permeated with an air of cheerful fascism.” — Aaron Hartzler Different races Copy Share Image
“It seems like other people love Jesus in lots of different ways and have different rules about what’s right and what’s wrong.” — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“I’m already nervous about whether I’m doing this right or not. No need to bring my eternal soul into the mix.” — Aaron Hartzler Doing right Copy Share Image
“I feel like I belong, sitting here next to Papa. This is what men do together—watch wrestling and make things from string.” — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“Sometimes inspiration requires looking at things from a different point of view.” — Aaron Hartzler Different point of view Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned enough to know the atonement Mom and Dad believe in is absolutely free for the taking, but that gleam of… — Aaron Hartzler Atonement Copy Share Image
“I’m not saying Jesus won’t come back; I’ve just decided I can’t keep hoping to be rescued from my life. Maybe it’s… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“Sometimes Dad breaks his own rule. Every once in a while his anger over what one of us has done wrong will… — Aaron Hartzler Dad Copy Share Image
“As I look around the room, I can’t shake the thought that I have no power over some very basic things. It… — Aaron Hartzler Thought Copy Share Image
“Eventually, I realized that social justice, kindness, and honesty didn’t have to come from the theology in which I’d been raised. In… — Aaron Hartzler Help others Copy Share Image
“I am sorry, too. I hate feeling like it’s my fault when he gets upset over things like finding tapes in the… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“Tri-City students are encouraged to go to college wherever the Lord leads them, but you can tell that most of the teachers… — Aaron Hartzler Encouraged Copy Share Image
“Dad knew this was the one thing he could do that would hurt me the most. He thinks this pain will somehow… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure why it’s so bad to be compared to a girl. Why is that a put-down? I like girls. I… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“Aaron, I love you so much, and I know how much this means to you. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“After all the tears and frustration and hurt, there’s something inside me that remains unbroken. It’s strong and whole; it’s the place… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“This is not a place where theater is a tool for telling stories about God. This is a stage where the craft… — Aaron Hartzler Actor Copy Share Image
“We try to hold on to the things we think will keep us safe and maintain that place we can point to… — Aaron Hartzler Left behind Copy Share Image
“Praying in restaurants is all about other people seeing us do it. It’s our faith on offense. One more way we can… — Aaron Hartzler Faith Copy Share Image
“A pervasive misconception about sexual orientation doggedly clings to the conversation about being LGBT in our current culture: that one’s sexual orientation… — Aaron Hartzler Communication Copy Share Image
“In a flash, the version of myself so carefully constructed for Mom’s and Dad’s eyes crumbles all around me. I have let… — Aaron Hartzler Version Of Myself Copy Share Image
“Trying to force these words off my tongue is like trying to push a cat into a bathtub. I might be able… — Aaron Hartzler Words Copy Share Image
“The air between Jason and me feels electric. I am sitting on a log at a campfire in the middle of the… — Aaron Hartzler Campfire Copy Share Image
“I might’ve been able to fool other people into thinking I believed, but the God I was raised with knew my every… — Aaron Hartzler Copy Share Image
“That’s the funny thing about belief: No one else can do it for you. Turns out, no matter how much I want… — Aaron Hartzler Belief Copy Share Image
