Season 2, episode 22: what you make of it

“You know why this hurts? This hurts because you care more about it than they do.”

—Justin McRoberts

How can we continue to love each other — even in the midst of irreconcilable differences? In season two, episode 22 of Shelter in Place podcast, Justin McRoberts shares his experience with the Evangelical church and the LGBTQ+ community, and how art and faith together have helped him navigate difficult seasons of life.

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Show notes:

• Listen to Justin McRoberts’ podcast @ Sea 

• Pre-order Justin’s book It Is What You Make of It 

• Read Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans

• Read Rachel’s blog “Lent for the Lamenting”

• Hal and Margaret have since passed away but you can still read their book We Followed Odysseus 

• Further reading on LGBTQ+ and the church:

  • Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul?: A Narrative Approach to the Problem of Pauline Christianity by J. R. Daniel Kirk

  • A Letter to My Congregation: An Evangelical’s Pastor’s Path to Embracing People Who are Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender into the Company of Jesus by Ken Wilson

• Episode transcript

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