Faith Dance

Cross-Sex Friendship Quote of the Week

"Love not finding us equal, equalizes us, not finding us united, unites us."  Francis de Sales

Foreward to Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions

Wow! 

Sheila wrote the foreward to my book over the weekend. 

It is in wow territory.

Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions: Engaging the Mystery of Friendship Between Men and Women

I like the title for my book.  Things are starting to come together.

28 Years

Sheila and I celebrated our 28th anniversary on Saturday.  The way we looked back then:

What's Hot in Book Publishing

No, it's not The Lost Symbol or The Shack. 

At least in some sense.

Cross-Sex Friendship Quote of the Week

"It's only gnostic if our bodies are only made for sex."  Jennifer Ould

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love and Delight in Male Friendships

This brand new book is an important groundbreaking study on male friendship in the colonial and revoluntionary periods in America.  It is an important book on the breadth and depth of sexuality and friendship.  There have been a number of books recognizing the passionate depth of same-sex friendships among women in recent years.  This book unearths for us the depth of passionate, tender, friendships between men during America's infancy. 

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the Creation of the American Republic by Richard Goodbeer.

Love, Delight, and Friendship

I love this excerpt from Elizabeth Newman in Untamed Hospitality:

Cross-Sex Friendship Quote of the Week

"Rather, our created bodies, male and female, were created to be in communion and fellowship with each other.  This means looking less at the roles we play and more at the ways in which we help each other live virtuous lives while striving toward God."

Jana Marguerite Bennett

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: