I really appreciated this book and the author’s vulnerability throughout it. So many of the books (Christian or not) that talk about the relationship between the LGBT+ community and the church are so packed with condemnation directed at whichever side with which the author disagrees. I’m grateful that Gregory Coles’s writing did not do this - at least not in my opinion. He so simply told his story, explained his convictions, and ultimately ended the book with a reminder that not one of us is the judge of another.
In a world where queer individuals are spurned and condemned by many churches and where church members are hated or feared by much of the queer community, this book stood for something so contrary to both - the sovereign and merciful love of God to all who ask.