Books We Recommend
Becoming Whole
Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian (The Practices of Faith Series)
Dr. Long's book is not a book about personal witness or evangelism so much as it is on telling the truth about who God is, for us. He says that how God has engaged our life is a story that just has to be told: in the midst of meetings, when a friend has a bad medical diagnosis, when people are disagreeing about school policies, over the fence in the yard and yes, even at a dinner party. He also address the difference between a time to speak and a time to keep silence-as we honor both God and the person God has put us with, in the situation in which God has placed us.
"It has been said that if we really knew how to see with the eyes of our souls, we would see angels going before every person we meet, saying, `Make way for the image of God! Make way for the image of God!'" We know from John 3:16 that God loves us that much...”
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Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Bible
by Nancy Wilson
Reverend Wilson proves that "thinking" and "Christian" are not opposing terms. And in her thoughtfulness she draws forth the warmth of Spirit that is available to all God's children. "Our Tribe" is the "Febreeze" of religion, removing the nasty must and mold, while letting in fresh air and light.
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Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality
by Henry Cloud
Integrity. It is more than simple honesty. It's the key to success. A person with integrity has the - often rare - ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances.
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A Journey to Moriah
by Gary Pool
A Journey to Moriah is unequivocally the finest book I've ever read by the mother of a gay child. This is a story of a mother who takes responsibility for her own feelings, faces her demons, and grows as a woman.
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Transgender Good News
by Pat Conover
This book needs to be thoroughly read and digested by those in the helping professions and the scientific world. For the religious community, there is a special annex devoted to guidance for the pastoral care worker as well.
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Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians
by Candace Chellew-Hodge
This thoughtful, practical guide shows readers a way through the minefield of condemnation and persecution faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Christians and helps foster a faith that is bulletproof—impervious to attacks, yet loving and savvy in its approach.
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Call Me Malcom
WIDER CHURCH MINISTRIES
"Call Me Malcolm" was co-produced by the UCC and Filmworks, Inc., and since it's debuted at the Riverside (Calif.) International Film Festival (2004), it has screened across the country and around the world, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Adelaide (Australia), Johannesburg (South Africa), and Mexico City.
The 90-minute film tells the story of the Rev. Malcolm E. Himschoot, then a UCC seminary student, who poignantly explores his struggles with faith, love and gender identity.
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The Intimacy Dance: A Guide to Long-Term Success in Gay and Lesbian Relationships
by Betty Berzon
A guide to long-term success in gay and lesbian relationships.
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Coming Out in Christianity: Religion, Identity, and Community
by Melissa M. Wilcox
For LGBT Christians, the challenge to their religious and sexual identities is acute. "Coming Out in Christianity" examines this identity conflict and the strategies employed to help resolve it among current and former members of two Metropolitan Community Churches in California - churches that predominantly serve LGBT Christians.
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Coming Out As Sacrament
by Chris Glaser
Gay Christian author and activist Chris Glaser proposes that coming out--as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered--has biblical precedence and sacramental dimensions.
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Now That I'm Out What Do I Do?
by Brian McNaught
Thoughts on living deliberately from one of our most prominant sexuality educators.
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Coming Out Every Day : A Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Man's Guide
by Bret K. Johnson, Ph. D.
A practicing gay psychologist helps men struggling with their sexual orientation come to terms with themselves and with coming out. Johnson sensitively leads the questioning man through an admittedly challenging process of self-assessment, offering a wealth of suggestions for finding support, developing strategies for coming out to others, and building healthy new relationships with families, friends, lovers and partners.
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Coming Out: An Act of Love
by Rob Eichberg
Based on his experience counseling thousands of gay men and lesbians, clinical psychologist Rob Eichberg has developed a wonderfully supportive, step-by-step program for coming out to family, friends and co-workers - and for creating an honest, fulfilling, open life of love.
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Transgender Warriors : Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman
by Leslie Feinberg
What the book lacks in traditional academic rigor it more than makes up for with its first-person self-consciousness, originality and plausibility in the interpretation of historical data. It is richly illustrated, literate, contemporary and very relevant to today's discourse.
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Where The Edge Gathers: Building A Community Of Radical Inclusion
by Yvette A. Flunder
If you are struggling to come out because of the cost, you must read this book. Come out! Come out! Come out!! If you are struggling with how your church community should include and incorporate those on the margins, you must read this book. The Bishop also talks about how we should move beyond affirmation and inclusion to accountability and responsibility. It's not enough to be loved and affirmed, those of us on the margin must claim our full rights, full inclusion; this means we take roles, duties, and are held responsible and accountable to community.
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Coming Out Young and Faithful
by Leanne McCall Tigert, Timothy J. Brown
These are the stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning teenagers who describe their experiences in their communities and churches. Speaking for themselves in their own voices, young people tell of their lives in a fresh, candid and honest manner.
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Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures
by Eric Rofes
In this volume, Rofes contends that most gay men no longer experience AIDS as the crisis they did during the 1980s and proposes his vision for AIDS work that demands a radical redesign of prevention, care, and activism. Readers will discover how protease inhibitors and the increasing diversity of gay men inhabiting communities throughout the country are inspiring a transformation of gay identities and cultures, despite opposition from leaders of gay communities and AIDS organizations.
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Finding Intimacy in a World of Fear
by Eric H. F. Law
Renowned author and workshop leader Eric Law offers a hopeful journey through the landscape of fear we encounter in the wake of events such as terrorist acts, wars, tsunamis, and hurricanes. Surely life must be more than avoiding danger. Law proposes that by following Jesus, we can become "fear-miners," discovering within our fears the gifts and possibilities for ministry and the opportunities to build intimate communities of trust, which are our primary support for facing down terror.
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