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Heavy Burdens
- Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church
- Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
Religious faith reduces the risk of suicide for virtually every American demographic except one: LGBTQ people. Generations of LGBTQ people have been alienated or condemned by Christian communities. It's past time that Christians confronted the ongoing and devastating effects of this legacy.
Many LGBTQ people face overwhelming challenges in navigating faith, gender, and sexuality. Christian communities that uphold the traditional sexual ethic often unwittingly make the path more difficult through unexamined attitudes and practices. Drawing on her sociological training and her leadership in the Side B/Revoice conversation, Bridget Eileen Rivera, who founded the popular website Meditations of a Traveling Nun, speaks to the pain of LGBTQ Christians and helps churches develop a better pastoral approach.
Rivera calls to mind Jesus' woe to religious leaders: "They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them" (Matt. 23:4). Heavy Burdens provides an honest account of seven ways LGBTQ people experience discrimination in the church, helping Christians grapple with hard realities and empowering churches across the theological spectrum to navigate better paths forward.
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- Alasdair Jess
- 10-02-24
A must read for every pastor whatever your conviction.
A very accessible popular level discussion with academic rigour. It contains many moving anecdotes about the harms experienced by real LGBTI+ christians. obligatory reading for anyone who wants to move past the shouting match of the modern debate to how to seriously consider and respond to the pastoral needs of those caught in the crossfire.
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