A former social worker and middle school English teacher, Randy Roberts Potts is a freelance writer who shared his coming out experience as the grandson of televangelist Oral Roberts in the recent "It Gets Better" book. Randy spoke to the congregation during worship at the First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor on Sunday, March 11, 2012.
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