TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lea,Bronwyn
TI  - Beyond [awkward] side hugs: living as Christian brothers and sisters in a sex-crazed world 
SN  - 9781400215003
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Nashville, Tennessee
PB  - Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
KW  - Friendship
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Fellowship
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Conduct of life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197); Foreword / by Christine Caine -- Introduction: Lost in awkwardville -- Awkward, lonely, and oversexed -- Unashamed, male and female -- Brothers, sisters, and the family of God -- WWJD, relational spheres, and venn diagrams -- Is my spouse my sibling or my soul mate? -- Can men and women be just friends? -- What about all the horror stories? -- Will you drive with me? -- Where do we go from here? -- Trip overview: from side hugs to a holy kiss
N2  - "It doesn't have to be this weird. When it comes to relationships between men and women, we have more questions than answers: How do we keep relationships with the opposite sex healthy--and still hug each other after small group? Is it possible for married men and women to be friends with people of the opposite sex? What does it mean to be a woman if you're not a wife, or a man if you're not a husband? Jesus' pattern for church living was one of family--of brothers and sisters living in intimate, life-giving community with each other. With story, sensitivity, and hope, Beyond Awkward Side Hugs invites us to leave behind eroticized, fear-based patterns and move toward gendered, generous relationships between men and women of character as we love one another as Jesus did."--Cover
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