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ebookSingle, Gay, Christian
A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity
by Gregory Coles
Foreword by Wesley HillIn an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles shares his story—a story about a boy in love with Jesus who, at the fateful onset of puberty, realized his sexual attractions were persistently and exclusively for other guys. This honest, hopeful account shows life through one man's eyes and assures all people: "You are not a mistake."
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Gregory Coles
Gregory Coles (PhD, Penn State University) is a writer, speaker, and worship leader. His first book, Single, Gay, Christian, was a 2017 Foreword INDIES Award Finalist. An American author, playwright, and songwriter, he lives in central Pennsylvania, where he recently completed a PhD in English from Penn State.
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paperbackLove Is an Orientation
Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community
by Andrew Marin
Foreword by Brian McLarenWhen three of Andrew Marin's friends came out to him in the span of three months, he was confronted head-on with the question of how to reconcile his friends with his faith. Love Is an Orientation is the result of years of wrestling with this issue. In the book, Marin speaks out with compassion and conviction, elevating the conversation between Christianity and the GLBT community so that the focus is moved from genetics to gospel, where it really belongs.
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paperbackWhat Does It Mean to Be Welcoming?
Navigating LGBT Questions in Your Church
by Travis Collins
Is your church wrestling with LGBT questions? Travis Collins has walked congregations through the complex issues surrounding gay Christians. In this practical resource, readers will hear from gay friends and dig into Scripture with interpreters on both sides, considering the implications of their convictions for life and ministry. Let's examine how we might welcome everyone into the church while calling for all to be transformed.
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paperbackBreaking the Marriage Idol
Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms
by Kutter Callaway
Should all Christians be married? Kutter Callaway considers why marriage, which is a blessing from God, shouldn't be expected or required of all Christians. Through an examination of Scripture, cultural analysis, and personal accounts, he reflects on how our narratives have limited our understanding of marriage and obscured our view of the life-giving and kingdom-serving roles of single people in the church.
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paperbackBlessed Are the Nones
Mixed-Faith Marriage and My Search for Spiritual Community
by Stina Kielsmeier-Cook
When her husband left Christianity several years into their marriage, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left struggling to live the Christian life on her own. In this memoir, she tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found unexpected community with an order of Catholic nuns, discovering that she was not "spiritually single" after all—and that no one really is.
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paperbackWired for Intimacy
How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain
by William M. Struthers
Neuroscientist and researcher William Struthers explains how pornography affects the male brain and what we can do about it. Exposing false assumptions, casting a vision for a redeemed masculinity and offering insights for both married and single men alike, this book offers hope for freedom from pornography and sanctification in our bodies.
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paperbackNo Longer Strangers
Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation
by Gregory Coles
Foreword by Jen Pollock MichelBelonging has never come easy to me. But the way Jesus tells it, if we give up on belonging in order to follow him, we'll find ourselves belonging anyway—we'll belong like aliens. Maybe you're caught in the same tension as me, wanting to fit somewhere even as you're permanently out of place. Maybe you feel like an alien. If so, let's be aliens together.
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Danielle Treweek
Danielle (Dani) Treweek (PhD, St Mark’s National Theological Centre and Charles Sturt University) is the founding director of the Single Minded Ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney. She also serves as both the Diocesan Research Officer and a member of the Archbishop's Doctrine Commission within the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia.
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ebookSingle, Just Because
A Pilgrimage into Holy Aloneness
by Bridget Gee
No matter why you're single, what's more important is how you live as a single person. In vulnerable narratives, podcaster Bridget Gee shares her journey of vibrant life in the kingdom of God, exploring her longings and hopes as a single person and navigating issues of identity, community, mental health, dating, and sexuality.
