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Hill does not seem to see “struggling” as a problem to be resolved. This pervades Hill’s reflections on coming out as gay in the church.

He does not seek to alleviate struggling, but rather he seeks to struggle well. This as crucial to why he does not seek to struggle much at all with what the Bible says on the issue.

Community, it seems, is his answer for how he can struggle well with his own homosexuality.

Hill’s mission in this book is to “put into words some of the confusion, sorrow, triumph, grief, and joy of the struggle to live faithfully before God, in Christ, with others, as a gay person.”

As he grew up in a conservative evangelical environment, and still has a foot in that corner, I’d be interested to see how his experience has changed from 2010 when this book was written.

Every June, I try to read two books that push me to think more deeply about what it means to be LGBTQ and follow Christ. My goal is to grow in love and understanding for others, and to be encouraged in my own walk with Jesus!
This is book 1 of 2 and I’m already loving it!