I am grateful...

I emailed someone the endorsements/reviews I have had for Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions.  It was a blessing to read them afresh today:

Jack Balswick, professor of sociology and family development and family research at Fuller Theological Seminary read my entire manuscript and responded, “Thanks for the opportunity to read your manuscript, you are an excellent writer, have done a good job of researching relevant writing on the topic and have produced a work that deserves and needs to be published. I appreciate you anchoring your thinking in Trinitarian theology. You know of the fear within evangelical Christian culture of this topic, but hopefully publishers will be open to it. I wish you well in bringing your work to a needful audience; bless you for your hard work!” 

Edith Humphrey, professor of theology at Pittsburgh Seminary also read the manuscript and wrote, “First, you are engaging and fun.  You have a nice turn of phrase, and think from various angles, and that is great.  I think you are right that Christians are far too suspicious of cross-gender friendships.”  She said, “I concede that this kind of love is an important one, and believe that the book is worth writing.”

Lillian Calles Barger, author of Eve’s Revenge, wrote, - Dan Brennan provides a provocative path to rethinking our sexuality and cross-gender friendships. It may be that sex scandals and broken marriages among Christians is the result of a famine in cross-gender friendships.  With sensitivity and insight Brennan explores an often uncomfortable topic and what might be the Achilles' heel of Christian relationships.   A must read for people seeking to build authentic Christian community."

Mike Morrell, freelance publishing marketer and publicist, says “Dan, you’re onto something here. Cross-gender friendships are here and no one’s talking about them – certainly not in the evangelical church. You take a volatile subject and handle it provocatively, yet pastorally I think. (The writing’s good too!) Even if your readers don’t agree with all your conclusions, this book needs to be published and read. Nothing less is at stake than our full liberty, creativity, love and apprenticeship to Jesus Christ in the 21^st century. I feel that strongly about it.”

Carole Hallundbaek, author of Saints in Love, writes, “Dan Brennan opens a spiritual treasure chest and peers into an untapped resource that has been largely hidden from our sight: the gift of agape between the sexes. In Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions, he encourages Christians, with tenderness and thorough scholarship, to reach beyond fear of sexuality and engage the cross-gender friendships in their life that can help ignite their spiritual growth.  -Rev. Carole Hallundbaek, author, Saints in Love.

Catholic theologian John Forstin writes, "I find the subject matter fascinating.  Your treatment of it is robust, thorough, balanced, well-researched, and thought-provoking.  It offers a biblical foundation for its thesis, which I think is most important.  It is also most definitely provocative."

Comments

[Karin]

Although I haven't read your manuscript, it is so rewarding to see how well it is received & reviewed!! That's exciting! The gift of agape, a gift truly from the Lord for us to also share with people of opposite gender, is such a treasure and yet still so rare. Wish that it would be His church that modeled such love! All in God's time I guess1

[Dan]

I am blessed Karin. I haven't read those endorsements for several months and it was a blessing to read them again today.

[brambonius]

I want to read that book one day...

Bram

[Dan]

And I hope God grants the desires of your heart. :-)