Emmy Kegler has a complicated relationship with the Bible. As a queer woman who grew up in both conservative Evangelical and progressive Protestant churches, she knows too well how Scripture can be used to wound and exclude. And yet, the stories of Scripture continue to captivate and inspire herboth as a person of faith and as a pastor to a congregation. So she set out to fall in love with the Bible, wrestling with the stories inside, where she met a God who continues to seek us outappearing again and again as a voice, a presence, and a promise.
Whenever we are pushed to the edges, our voices silenced, or our stories dismissed, God goes out after usseeking us until we are found again. And God is seeking out those whose voices we too quickly silence and dismiss, too. Because God's story is a story of welcome and acceptance for everyoneno exceptions.
Kegler shows us that even when we feel like lost and dusty coinsrusted from others' indifference, misspent and misusedGod picks up a broom and sweeps every corner of creation to find us.
Emmy Kegler has a complicated relationship with the Bible. As a queer woman who grew up in both conservative Evangelical and progressive Protestant churches, she knows too well how Scripture can be used to wound and exclude. And yet, the stories of Scripture continue to captivate and inspire herboth as a person of faith and as a pastor to a congregation. So she set out to fall in love with the Bible, wrestling with the stories inside, where she met a God who continues to seek us outappearing again and again as a voice, a presence, and a promise.
Whenever we are pushed to the edges, our voices silenced, or our stories dismissed, God goes out after usseeking us until we are found again. And God is seeking out those whose voices we too quickly silence and dismiss, too. Because God's story is a story of welcome and acceptance for everyoneno exceptions.
Kegler shows us that even when we feel like lost and dusty coinsrusted from others' indifference, misspent and misusedGod picks up a broom and sweeps every corner of creation to find us.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781506448213 |
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Publisher: | 1517 Media |
Publication date: | 04/02/2019 |
Pages: | 209 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d) |