{"product_id":"single-gay-christian-a-personal-journey-of-faith-and-sexual-identity-paperback","title":"Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWesley Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword INDIES Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003eIVP Readers' Choice Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn an age where neither society nor the church knows what to do with gay Christians, Greg Coles tells his own story.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet's make a deal, you and me.Let's make promises to each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI promise to tell you my story. The whole story. I'll tell you 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. I'll tell you how I lay on my bed in the middle of the night and whispered to myself the words I've whispered a thousand times since: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm gay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll show you the world through my eyes. I'll tell you what it's like to belong nowhere. To know that much of my Christian family will forever consider me unnatural, dangerous, because of something that feels as involuntary as my eye color. And to know that much of the LGBTQ community that shares my experience as a sexual minority will disagree with the way I've chosen to interpret the call of Jesus, believing I've bought into a tragic, archaic ritual of self-hatred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I promise my story won't all be sadness and loneliness and struggle. I'll tell you good things too, hopeful things, funny things, like the time I accidentally came out to my best friend during his bachelor party. I'll tell you what it felt like the first time someone looked me in the eyes and said, \"You are not a mistake.\" I'll tell you that joy and sorrow are not opposites, that my life has never been more beautiful than when it was most brokenhearted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you'll listen, I promise I'll tell you everything, and you can decide for yourself what you want to believe about me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWesley Hill is an Episcopal priest and associate professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eWashed and Waiting, Paul and the Trinity, Spiritual Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lord's Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Coles (PhD, Penn State) is a writer, speaker, and language scholar. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSingle, Gay, Christian\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNo Longer Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of My World\u003c\/i\u003e. Greg lives in Boise, Idaho, where he serves as senior research fellow at The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180382699769,"sku":"9780830845125","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1BKivdbDD69780830845125.webp?v=1781518176","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/single-gay-christian-a-personal-journey-of-faith-and-sexual-identity-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}