Bøger af Suzanne DeWitt Hall

The first book in the Path of Unlearning series titled Sleeper, Awake offered companionship for the early days of deconstruction. Awake and Rise stays with you on the journey, examining aspects of loss, problematic views of the Bible, and common issues in church communities. It concludes with a section of suggestions for how to help process the ongoing unfolding of a God who is bigger than any denominational understanding. If you'd like a structured way to evaluate where you are and where you're going on your path of seeking God's face in a new way, you've come to the right place.

Kristy Alexander is six when her mother walks out the door of their trailer and never looks back. When sober, Kristy's father writes poems and teaches her about weather and words, but his decline into meth addiction leads to another kind of abandonment. Decades later, Kristy's marriage looks perfect from the outside, but she can't seem to disconnect from the first male who made her feel cherished after her father died. Faced with a chance to finally break free from all the lies and betrayal, Kristy sacrifices the most important pieces of herself, but ends up losing her best friend along with her husband. A mystical old woman intervenes when Kristy reaches her lowest ebb. But is it possible to change the past? Kristy's Story is a tale of the driving hunger of love, and the remarkable resilience which permits people to endure the unthinkable. Important themes play out about the emotional rivers running beneath the actions of others, the weird shapes love takes when formed in an atmosphere of abuse, and the issues of consent, complicity, and victimhood. A book for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell's My Dark Vanessa, and physics-bending tales like Aimee Bender's The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and Octavia E. Butler's Kindred. It's a story you won't soon forget.

Transfigured offers a 40-day exploration of scripture through the lens of a God who is the designer of gender in all it's magnificent variety. While reading it you'll encounter a Creator who is both male and female, and come to realize that God's image and likeness are most fully manifested by gender-queer people.

Desire and longing are part of the human condition. But we aren't alone in our thirst: the essence of divinity is an intense yearning for unity. The meditations contained in these pages will not only change your view of God, they will help you experience God.

When a loved one tells us their sexual orientation or gender identity is something other than what we've believed, it can send us into a tailspin of worry and confusion. What does God think? How are we supposed to respond? What will happen to their eternal souls?I Don't Want Them to Go to Hell is a tool for exploring these questions scripturally, and prayerfully.

Deconstruction is a challenging process. Sleeper, Awake walks with you through the phases of confusion, fear, and anger so you're able to embrace the freedom of an unbound God.

The Where True Love Is Discussion Guide makes it easy for group leaders to run a study of the book. Suggested meeting formats, hints and tips, and photocopiable worksheets are all included.

Abortion is one of the most hotly debated issues facing Western society today. Good-hearted people have firmly held convictions on both sides of the argument, often closing their minds and hearts to the truths spoken by those who disagree with them. Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Love walks you through a series of meditations to try to discern a third way of viewing the issue, with God at the center.

Rumplepimple saves the day again, this time by trying to protect his tutu-wearing friend Mr. Noodles from danger at a street festival. Mr. Noodles gets home safely, but Rumplepimple ends up in jail, where his moms eventually find him.

Where True Love Is offers a 90-day Biblical exploration of God, scripture, the law, gender, sexuality, marriage, and more. After reading it, you'll be able to offer a Bible-based defense of the validity of LGBTQI+ Christian faith. More importantly, you'll encounter the gorgeous, loving complexity of a God who can't be stuffed into a book-sized box. The original version has been revised and updated using inclusive language for this second edition.

Maddie Wells' life spirals out of control after the murder of her wife Char, a transgender woman of color. Hunger for revenge drives Maddie to take a job at a wax museum near the murderer's hometown, where she studies revenge and plots how to strike back. Befriending the murderer's wife is the first stage in Maddie's plan to make him pay. The Language of Bodies probes the seduction of vengeance using vivid, sensual imagery to explore how love transcends the particulars of body parts, and how revenge blurs the line between victim and perpetrator, hero and villain. It's a gorgeous, dark tale about the enduring power of love, and the human spirit's unwillingness to give up.

Can relationships survive when one partner comes out as transgender? For many couples it isn't easy. Adjusting to new realities which present themselves takes time, patience, education, and soul searching. The process can feel scary and isolating. Reaching for Hope offers companionship for the journey in the form of reassurance, support, and strategies, all delivered in bite-sized nuggets, so you won't feel overwhelmed by information. Can your relationship survive? That remains to be seen. But this book offers help, if you're willing to try.