One of the members of our congregational Affirming Team led a book study on this one back in April/May. I managed to get to about half of the sessions....
I appreciated what Edman had to say, and how she said it. Over the last 20 years I have become more aware that we in the mainline churches especially have to pay attention to what people at the margins are saying. WE have to listen not only to hear what their experience of the church is/has been but also we have to listen to hear the wisdom they have to share about what the church could be. This book does just that with a queer lens.
One of the things I liked about the book was that there is a mirroring in the structure. A chapter in Part 1 has a counterpart in Part 2. In fact the study guide had us reading those pairs together rather than simply going through the book from front to back.
This is a book I need to re-read.
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