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Loading... That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon's Perspective on Faith and Family (2017)by Tom Christofferson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A beautiful, moving perspective from Tom Christofferson. Tom discusses his history and reconciliation to his faith in open, spiritual, and powerful ways. I wish that every leader and member of the Church would read this and consider Tom’s view on this. Regardless of whether you agree with his ultimate conclusions, his perspective on LGBTQ issues and Mormonism will give you new and richer understanding of both. Highly recommend. I found this book to be very engaging and personal. It is written to both LGBTQ people, and to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The main message that Tom has is love for fellow men. Can we love all of our fellow men (and women)? This is the challenge that the Savior has given us, and he truly does love all of mankind. Unconditional love by definition eliminates how you love someone - you love simply because. Love means caring for someone without judgement. I believe that is why Christ said while he was on Earth that he "judges no man" (John 8:15-16), but in his Eternal glory, his is the judge of all. Very gospel-oriented, almost like a long (but super-interesting) general conference talk. Throughout the book Tom pleads for understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQ community, although he personally has left a loving gay relationship to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in full membership. It would be ideal if every adult and young adult member of the church read this book, at least once. no reviews | add a review
"In That We May Be One, Tom Christofferson shares perspectives gained from his life's journey as a gay man who left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and then returned to it. After having asked to be excommunicated from the faith he was raised in, Tom spent two decades in a loving relationship with a committed partner. But gradually, the love of family, friends, and strangers and the Spirit of the Lord worked on him until he found himself one night sitting in his car in front of the bishop's house ... This book is about the lessons Tom, his family, and his fellow Saints learned while trying to love as God loves. It is about the scope and strength of this circle of love and about how learning the truth of our relationship with God draws us to Him. For anyone who has wondered how to keep moving forward in the face of difficult decisions and feelings of ambiguity; for anyone who needs to better understand the redeeming power of our Savior, Jesus Christ; for anyone who seeks to love more fully; this book offers reassurance and testimony of God's love for all of His children."-- No library descriptions found. |
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Also, I would like to be like his mother.
*My one minor quibble, and not a huge one because the sequence of events could not be predicted, was that a certain name was dropped and I happened to read this book when that certain name ran for a political office. It was completely bad timing on my part and probably not the author's intention. I just felt bad because it turned a nice experience into a political one for 10 minutes and made me relive that last nasty ad campaign. But now I'm wondering what would be a Christlike response to "trigger" situations.