Ashamed No More – A Pastor`s Journey Through Sex Addiction

T. C. Ryan, Jr. Wangerin Walter (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

237 Seiten

2012
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3793-9 (ISBN)

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There are some things we just don't talk about. Pastor T. C. Ryan narrates the unsettling story of his lifelong struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his pastoral ministry—one that went on for years in secrecy and isolation. In light of his full experience of exile and healing, Ryan calls the church to a ministry of unsettling grace that is the worthy of the gospel.

There are some things we just don't talk about.
Things like sex, particularly when our sexuality is a matter of personal struggle.
Things like the vulnerabilities of our pastors, who must maintain a façade not merely of respectability but of moral and psychological superiority.
We don't talk about things that make us feel insecure, that make us feel unsettled. But the nature of spiritual growth, even the story of Christian faith, is a matter of being unsettled from the comfortable compromises we've made and set on a course together toward wholeness and mutually supportive community.
Pastor T. C. Ryan takes us on an unsettling journey through his lifelong struggle with sexual addiction, one that predated and pervaded his pastoral ministry—one which for far too long he faced in secrecy and isolation, separated from the brothers and sisters in Christ who were called to bear one another's burdens.
Ashamed No More doesn't cast blame or argue for looser moral standards. It does, however, call us to the unsettling ministry that a God who is love calls us to—the unsettling grace that is the audacious gospel of Christ.

T. C. Ryan was founding and senior pastor of a large church for nearly twenty years. He now provides counseling and spiritual direction for pastors and ministry leaders. Walter Wangerin, Jr. is the award-winning author of thirty-five books, including the best-selling The Book of God, the National Book Award-winning The Book of the Dun Cow, and, most recently, Letters from the Land of Cancer. Wangerin holds the Jochum Chair at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he teaches literature and creative writing, and is writer-in-residence.

Foreward by Walter Wangerin Jr.

Preface

1. Living a Divided Life

2. Sexuality and Spirituality

3. Coming to Know the Enemy Within

4. Shame and "Morality"

5. Excavating Origins

6. Genuine Spiritual Transformation and the Recovery Movement

7. Transformation, Struggle and What I Learned

8. In the Darkness, He Is There

9. God, Brokenness and Life in the Mindful Calm

10. Brokenness and Healthy Spiritual Community

11. Biblical Ethics and Sexual Behavior

12. Broken Leaders and Spiritual Rehab

Appendix

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2012
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 213 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	0-8308-3793-0 / 0830837930
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-3793-9 / 9780830837939
Zustand	Neuware