Ruth Institute Podcast

In the 1980’s, Christie went to Stanford as a man-hating, open lesbian. Her rowing coach was an avowed Christian, and a conflict was pretty much inevitable. Christie decided that she would only provoke her coach a little and jokingly asked if she knew of any good bible study groups. Her coach cheerfully obliged. When she knocked on the door for the study group, she was met by another girl who asked her, “Are you a man hater like the rest of us?” That question set Christie on a year’s long quest to deal with her same-sex attraction, the deeper roots of it, the abuse she endured, and even the misogynist atmosphere she was raised in.    Christie May Jesse graduated from Stanford University, while attending on a rowing scholarship. While there she connected with an all female bible study group struggling with their same-sex attractions. That began her journey away from a lesbian identity and towards Christ. Today she has been married for 18 years and works with Desert Stream Ministries, working with those on the