Was Rich Mullins gay?
<p>None are really a coherent portrait of his life. The biography, <em>An Arrow Pointing to Heaven</em> by James Bryan Smith, is billed as a “devotional biography.” That seems to mean it often diverts into abstract discussions of Christian theology. I email Smith asking if he can supply evidence to disrupt a gay reading of Mullins’ life. I don’t hear back.</p>
<p>I sit thinking about all the available information, so often vague, and given to abrubt terminations. In <em>Rich Mullins: A Ragamuffin’s Legacy, </em>his friend Mitch McVicker says: “Resignation and longing are his two major themes, according to him, in his songs. And those wouldn’t be there if he wasn’t — ”</p>
<p>Mitch pauses, and then adds: “The messed up pile of stuff that he was.”</p>
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