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Chargement... Undivided: Coming out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free from Shamepar Vicky Beeching
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I wasn't sure how many stars to give this. I can't imagine a better memoir about being a secretly gay Evangelical Christian music star wrestling honestly with your sexuality and your faith in God. It's trying to be many things to many people - there is an air of 'I need to explain Evangelical Christianity to my queer audience', sitting strangely with 'I need to explain why it is OK to be queer to my Christian audience' with odd extra dollops of explaining like 'Americans won't understand Oxford' (I loved the 'Oxford colleges, err, they're like a hall of residence'.) And like all real life stories it doesn't come neatly tied up with a bow or a happy ever after. But it's very honest, and very interesting, and if it didn't tell me anything new, it feels like it is a book that will remain long after the world has moved on, with a 'this is how we used to treat gay people and the way the world used to be.' ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Vicky Beeching, called "arguably the most influential Christian of her generation" in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the time she reached her early thirties, Vicky was a household name in churches on both sides of the pond. Recording multiple albums and singing in America's largest megachurches, her music was used weekly around the globe and translated into numerous languages. But this poster girl for evangelical Christianity lived with a debilitating inner battle: she was gay. The tens of thousands of traditional Christians she sang in front of were unanimous in their view - they staunchly opposed same-sex relationships and saw homosexuality as a grievous sin. Vicky knew if she ever spoke up about her identity it would cost her everything. Faced with a major health crisis, at the age of thirty-five she decided to tell the world that she was gay. As a result, all hell broke loose. She lost her music career and livelihood, faced threats and vitriol from traditionalists, developed further health issues from the immense stress, and had to rebuild her life almost from scratch. But despite losing so much she gained far more: she was finally able to live from a place of wholeness, vulnerability, and authenticity. She finally found peace. What's more, Vicky became a champion for others, fighting for LGBT equality in the church and in the corporate sector. Her courageous work is creating change in the US and the UK, as she urges people to celebrate diversity, live authentically, and become undivided. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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