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Beyond [awkward] side hugs : living as Christian brothers and sisters in a sex-crazed world / Bronwyn Lea.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxv, 198 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781400215003
  • 1400215005
Other title:
  • Beyond awkward side hugs
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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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.

"Beyond Awkward Side Hugs is a deep well of biblical wisdom, and Lea has written with nuance and clarity, humor and grace."

--Jen Pollock Michel, author of Surprised by Paradox and Keeping Place

"The church desperately needs a bigger vision for how men and women can flourish together in ministry and friendship, and Bronwyn Lea paints a vivid picture for how we'll get there."

--Steve Wiens, author of Shining Like the Sun, Beginnings, and Whole

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197).

"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.

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.

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