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I signed a contract for my book!<\/p>\n

After years of work (okay, often sidetracked by work that pays the bills) and a slew of rejections, I signed with Wipf and Stock Press and\u00a0A Gracious Heresy: the queer calling of an unlikely prophet,\u00a0<\/em>will arrive in the fall of 2018.<\/p>\n

It really is like a pregnancy. A long, seemingly endless, pregnancy. Scads of creative energy that depends on your blood and bones, heart and mind, to mature into a viable being – that’s what it feels like. \u00a0And I am proud and terrified, relieved and anxious. Like any new parent.<\/p>\n

NOW<\/em> I get it that \u00a0I have exposed myself and I am like Eve, looking around for a fig leaf. Memoir writing depends on truth telling. And my truth-telling reveals a complex conundrum that is at times humorous, sad, lonely, connected, and very, very, human. But if I can use a piece of well worn wisdom, “In for a penny, in for a pound.” \u00a0I don’t know what will come next but that’s nothing new for me. I’ll hang on for the ride and see if I can steer.<\/p>\n

Today, with pleasure and trepidation, I invite you to a snippet of the work:<\/p>\n

” Frankly, I am the very last person you would consider to be a prophet. Even writing that feels grandiose. My life is untidy. I don\u2019t always do my best. There are times I\u2019ve wanted to give up. More times than I\u2019d like to admit. And even though I am driven by grace I can be harsh in my opinions of others and harsher in estimations of myself. Or worse, I give myself a pass but find it hard to allow for the frailty of others. And there are times I get so pissed off at God I could spit. I am like Jonah who sat under that bush and groused because God extended compassion to the people he despised.<\/p>\n

The following tale is a story about how I got myself \u2013 or God got me \u2013 into the heresy of challenging the church to justice over doctrine and compassion over polity. You might think I\u2019m a heretic and you might be right. I\u2019ve been called worse.<\/p>\n

Here is a story about the gracious heresy of my life and an unlikely call to prophetic ministry. Nothing grand. Nothing large. Mostly it\u2019s a story about the risk and the price of being faithful and learning to trust that somehow it makes a difference.”<\/p>\n

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