{"id":1743,"date":"2010-04-13T15:41:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T21:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:02:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:02:29","slug":"in-an-honest-brave-qa-jennifer-knapp-tells-christianity-today-shes-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/04\/in-an-honest-brave-qa-jennifer-knapp-tells-christianity-today-shes-gay.html","title":{"rendered":"In an honest Q&A, Jennifer Knapp tells ‘Christianity Today’ she’s gay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A lot of people hit burnout, but I don’t think many think, <\/em>I’m going to take seven years off. What were you thinking?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knapp:<\/strong> At the time, I literally thought I was quitting. I needed such a break, and I needed the silence to be deafening. But in the back of my mind I thought, <\/em>Maybe in a couple of years I’ll come back and give this another go. It was a huge risk to say I may never do this again. It was a real heart wrenching decision.<\/em><\/p>\n

Once you fulfilled your last obligation, was there a big sigh of relief? Or what?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knapp:<\/strong> I was scared to death. You just don’t leave something that everyone else says is extremely successful. Some people close to me said I was doing something wrong\u2014that [quitting] was a denial of the gifts I had. I was like, Whoa<\/em>, hold on a second. I’m just asking for a little bit of time. That was a lot to deal with. It took two or three years to get over the rollercoaster ride of emotions. One day I’d be completely angry; the next day completely heartbroken and devastated; the next raging jealous because somebody’s out there doing something that I love doing and I can’t do it. And some days I was in complete denial. It was almost like a psychological profile of grief. [It took a while] to let the dust settle and figure out what kind of human being was left.<\/em><\/p>\n

There were rumors that you left music because you were gay.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knapp:<\/strong> That was a straw [in my decision], but there were many straws on the camel’s back at the time. I’m certainly in a same-sex relationship now, but when I suspended my work, that wasn’t even really a factor. I had some difficult decisions to make and what that meant for my life and deciding to invest in a same-sex relationship, but it would be completely unfair to say that’s why I left music.<\/em><\/p>\n

I love Jennifer Knapp. From the moment I first heard her voice singing “Undo Me,” I have loved her. And I can’t wait for the new record.<\/p>\n

Download 2 free songs here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Read the entire interview with Christianity Today<\/em> here. <\/a>And it’s worth the read!<\/p>\n

Also, there’s this interview with Advocate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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