THIS is a detail of Jacob Wrestling With The Angel, by Alexander-Louis Leloir (1865). I discovered this image as I began writing my coming-out-in-faith story. I believe the story which inspired it has something to teach us about our identity, which may explain its popularity as a source of inspiration for artists, and why it speaks …
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Sep 23
The scared and the sacred – Wrestling with identity
- By abravefaith in Christianity, Coming Out, LGBT rights, Spirituality
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23rd September 2012
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Sep 15
Jack-with-no-box – Why I have come out of the church
- By abravefaith in Christianity, Coming Out, LGBT rights, Spirituality
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15th September 2012
IN MY LAST POST I explained how I began to find my voice while contributing to The Exuberant Church by Rev Barbara Glasson. As Barbara and I discussed the coming out process, I had a strong sense that I needed to help her write her story and, in doing so, I began to write my …
Permanent link to this article: https://abravefaith.com/2012/09/15/jack-with-no-box/
Sep 07
Coming out of the Church
- By abravefaith in Christianity, Coming Out, LGBT rights, Spirituality
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7th September 2012
I BEGAN to find my voice and share my story in 2009 when an author friend approached me to talk about ‘coming out’ – she wanted to get an understanding of this extraordinary process of identity-claiming to see what it might reveal to those people of faith who struggle to accept diversity of sexual orientation and gender …
Permanent link to this article: https://abravefaith.com/2012/09/07/coming-out-of-the-church/
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