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Title details for Beyond Awkward Side Hugs by Bronwyn Lea - Available

Beyond Awkward Side Hugs

Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World

by Bronwyn Lea
Dr. Simona Chitescu-Weik
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It Doesn't Have to Be This Weird

When it comes to relationships between men and women, we have more questions than answers:

  • How do we keep relationships with the opposite sex healthy—and still hug each other after small group?
  • Is it possible for married men and women to be friends with people of the opposite sex?
  • What does it mean to be a woman if you're not a wife, or a man if you're not a husband?

    • Jesus' pattern for church living was one of family—of brothers and sisters living in intimate, life-giving community with each other. With story, sensitivity, and hope, Beyond Awkward Side Hugs invites us to leave behind eroticized, fear-based patterns and move toward gendered, generous relationships between men and women of character as we love one another as Jesus did.

    "Beyond Awkward Side Hugs is a deep well of biblical wisdom, and Lea has written with nuance and clarity, humor and grace."

    —Jen Pollock Michel, author of Surprised by Paradox and Keeping Place

    "The church desperately needs a bigger vision for how men and women can flourish together in ministry and friendship, and Bronwyn Lea paints a vivid picture for how we'll get there."

    —Steve Wiens, author of Shining Like the Sun, Beginnings, and Whole

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      April 7, 2020

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        • ISBN: 9781400215027
        • File size: 175605 KB
        • Duration: 06:05:50

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • Publisher's Weekly

        December 2, 2019
        Lea, leader of a women’s ministry in Northern California, offers a refreshing take on the dynamics of relationships between men and women. How can Christian men and women enjoy true friendships without sex getting in the way? Can singles be friends with married people? How do faithful people find purpose outside of their marital status? To answer these questions, Lea argues that Jesus established a family within the church, and men and women can enjoy healthy, nonromantic relationships if they simply learn to respect one another as Christian siblings. While little practical advice is offered, Lea maintains that society has become oversexualized and that Christians should, first and foremost, approach all relationships as brothers and sisters in Christ. Occasionally, she delves into translations from Ancient Greek to explain terms and concepts (including an illuminating section on the translation of adelphoi, or “brethren”) to offer clarity. Her humor and common sense lighten the sometimes charged subject matter throughout. Christians will find this a helpful resource for approaching relationships with the opposite sex.

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