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bookshelves: currently-reading, gay-christian, lgbt
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bookshelves: currently-reading, gay-christian, lgbt, religion
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Sandy
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bookshelves: 2009, gay-christian, lgbt, religion
This was an interesting look at coming out as a spiritual rite -- "a rite of vulnerability that reveals the sacred in our lives." By making ourselves vulnerable we act to renew our lives and our relationships with our faith communities and God.
I particularly liked the chapter on "Coming out in the Bible" which explains stories in the Bible as "coming out stories" -- not in a sexual sense but in that acceptance of self and vulnerability sense. They included Adam & Eve as coming out of innocence and shame, Joseph as a dreamer, Esther coming out of privilege, Jonah as coming out of anger (that one particularly resonated with me), etc. ]]>
bookshelves: memoir-biography, to-read
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bookshelves: history, non-fiction, russia
This is a good look at Soviet history thru the prism of the end of Soviet history. Remnick was a western journalist in Moscow at the time and did a great job of capturing the personal feel of Russia/the Soviet Union and putting it in its historical context in a very readable way. I read this the year I lived in Russia and particularly enjoyed his observations about things like the first time you fall on the ice and get your "welcome to Russia" bruises. At the time I had just fallen for the first time on the ice and had indeed gotten my "welcome to Russia" bruises. It gave him credibility. ]]>
bookshelves: africa, currently-reading, science, uganda
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bookshelves: lgbt, memoir-biography, politics, to-read
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