{"product_id":"no-longer-strangers-finding-belonging-in-a-world-of-alienation-paperback","title":"No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJen Pollock Michel\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelonging has never come easy to me.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up, there was my mutated national identity to deal with--my not-quite-American, not-quite-Indonesian soul, restless in both countries. Later, when I came out as a celibate gay Christian, I found I didn't fit into the church as easily as I used to. I've often wondered what it means to belong to others even when I can't manage to blend in with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe way Jesus tellsit, if we give up on belonging in order to follow him, we'll find ourselves belonging anyway. We might not belong the way other people do, with normal homes and normal families and normal ways of fitting in. But we'll belong in a way that's a hundred times better. We'll be fully in place because we know we are out of place. We'll belong like aliens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe you're caught in the same tension as me, wanting to fit somewhere even as you're permanently out of place. Maybe you feel like an alien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf so, let's be aliens together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJen Pollock Michel is the author of \u003ci\u003eTeach Us to Want\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKeeping Place\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by InterVarsity Press with video curriculum available from RightNow Media. She is a regular contributor for Christianity Today and Moody BibleInstitute's \u003ci\u003eToday in the Word\u003c\/i\u003e. A wife and mother of five, Jen lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregory Coles (PhD, Penn State) is a writer, speaker, and language scholar. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSingle, Gay, Christian\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNo Longer Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of My World\u003c\/i\u003e. Greg lives in Boise, Idaho, where he serves as senior research fellow at The Center for Faith, Sexuality and Gender. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750391247155,"sku":"9780830847907","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8zd9Mjc2fV9780830847907.webp?v=1783846826","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/no-longer-strangers-finding-belonging-in-a-world-of-alienation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}