Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0664251765 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He is an author, lecturer, theologian, and minister. Chris Glaser is the interim Pastor of Virginia Highland Church, a United Church of Christ and progressive Baptist congregation in the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. He has authored many books, including Uncommon Calling: A Gay Man's Struggle to Serve the Church, Come Home
From Library Journal Organized around the themes "created in God's image," "called as community," and "citizens of a commonwealth," this collection of two months' worth of prayers has theological depth and contemporary relevance. . Both the prose introductions to the themes and the prayers themselves encourage honest struggle and genuine faith and confront the paradoxical relationship of life and death, suffering and love. Recommended for public and seminary libraries.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc
An average book. Not anything that stands out in An average book. Not anything that stands out in the LGBT field in my mind.. "Serious and sincere pity it feels prejudiced to me" according to A Customer. On the whole I find its contents inspiring my prayer and meditation. I find it a great pity that, coming from a protestant (I'm a catholic myself) it doesn't explore to the full the "theology of the cross" wich is such a precious jewel of reformed church that the roman church has been redescovering. On the contrary, it sounds at times as inspired by a "theology of glory", an old pecadillo of catholicism if it gets dominant. On reading this book one is aware of the profound suffering of homosexual people (hence why call us "ga. Excellent daily meditation and prayer book A Customer Chris' book is an excellent prayer guide. I foundit very user friendly. Its not focused on anyparticular issue (e.g. AIDS or coming out). It tends to be more mainstream Protestant in content. Excellent book to assist in your daily meditations.
Chris Glaser believes that spirituality and sexuality are not opposing forces, but that they are both important parts of the human experience that ought to be embraced. This book of prayers encourages readers to "come out" to God as sexual and spiritual beings.