{"id":8645,"date":"2014-07-20T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8645"},"modified":"2014-07-20T13:15:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T17:15:56","slug":"a-couple-gay-christian-whatnot-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/07\/a-couple-gay-christian-whatnot-links.html","title":{"rendered":"A Couple Gay Christian Whatnot Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Protestants! CAN YOU FEEL THE ECUMENISM.<\/p>\n

First, my friend Matt Jones<\/strong> looks at how his shifting understanding of vocation has changed both his emotional and spiritual life\u2013very powerful:<\/p>\n

Two years ago, as I was just beginning to think more critically about my faith and sexuality, I attended a wedding. It has been interesting to revisit the memorialized emotions that accompanied the ceremony, to examine the well-worn paths down which my uncertain thoughts routinely fled when confronted by longing and sorrow.<\/p>\n

Weddings used to primarily remind me of all I couldn\u2019t have, my easily startled psyche darting away from the encroaching shadows of jealousy and isolation. I would think, over and over, \u201cI want this. I still want this.\u201d There was always a bitter ache, a subcutaneous anxiety. Pain threatened my convictions and wove itself into every sensation. Unsurprisingly, I imagined that watching my best friend get married would be a similar experience, just exponentially moreso.<\/p>\n

I was wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a>\u2013and I have a lot to say about his \u201cfinal point,\u201d but you\u2019ll get that later.<\/p>\n

And second, Tim Otto<\/strong>, whom I interviewed about life in an intentional community for my forthcoming book<\/a>, has his own book out!<\/p>\n

Rather than embracing the conflict around gay relationships as an opportunity for the church to talk honestly about human sexuality, Christians continue to hurt one another with the same tired arguments that divide us along predictable political battle lines. If the world is to \u201cknow that we are Christians by our love,\u201d the church needs to discover better ways to live out the deep unity we share in Christ as we engage with politics and our world.<\/p>\n

In Oriented to Faith<\/em>, Tim Otto tells the story of his struggle with being gay and what that taught him about the gospel. With an authentic and compelling personal voice, Tim invites us to explore how God is at work in the world, even amidst the most difficult circumstances, redeeming and transforming the church through this difficult debate. With gentle wisdom and compassionate insight, Tim invites all followers of Jesus to consider how we might work with God through these tensions so that all can be transformed by God\u2019s good news in and through Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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