Just Loved

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Tutu van Furth, ordained Episcopal priest, and executive director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation This is not a comfortable book. It is Jayne’s personal struggle to be true to herself and to God. Indeed you cannot be true to God if you cannot be true to and about yourself. It is also her search for love – spiritual, emotional and physical. Jayne bares her soul If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”– Winnie the Pooh Jayne Ozanne’s book describes the life of a person of faith who has lived true to her faith. Jayne combines intellectual prowess with a talent for truth-telling and has walked the corridors of power in the Church and in the corporate worlds. She documents her

Beautifully written; compelling to read; totally honest and vulnerable, yet told with good humour and grace. This deeply personal story ranks alongside the truly great biographies of famous missionaries past and present. It is hugely well worth reading for that aspect of the story alone, aside from Jayne’s struggle with her sexuality; anyone who dismisses her story for that reason does so to their own great loss. Here is a woman ho, from her childhood days of confessing Jesus Christ as her Saviour and Lord, has lived out her vocation with such integrity and faithfulness – and has a truly astonishing catalogue of missionary adventures, worldwide to tell. But the aspect, weaved through her story, in which Jayne struggles to come to terms with her sexuality is a hugely important one. Even today, there are some Christians who will struggle with her conclusions, but if we are to believe the words of Jesus, “You will know them by their fruit”, then after all she has achieved in Christ’s name for so many people across the world, to dismiss this woman of God who has lived with such integrity, raises a very real question: “Who on earth remains that can be trusted?” Because as well as seeing what a Christian life and vocation, faithfully lived out, can look like, Jayne’s remarkable and courageous story deserves to be heard by all, most especially those who thus far remain to be convinced – that you can be gay and Christian.’ Jeremy Marks, founder and director of the former ministry, The Courage Trust We work with students to set them on that trajectory. We work with alumni to support them to stay on that trajectory for the long haul. Some books have to be written; some stories have to be told, and this is one of them. Just Love is a deeply moving, honest and personal account of the pain and harsh reality of what it too often means to be gay within the world of the Church today. But, even more than that, it is, at the same time, a profoundly life-affirming and hope-filled memoir for all those who find themselves travelling the same road.’ The Revd Steve Chalke, Baptist minister, and founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust

GIFTS FOR HIM

This might also involve a desire to get to know more about them by exploring their interests. When love is mutual, they’ll probably feel the same way about you and want to spend just as much time getting to know your interests. You can purify your body through fasting and abstinence, but only lovewill purify your heart.”- The Forty Rules of Love, Elif Shafak

From one of the UK’s most widely-respected gay Christians comes a powerful faith memoir of overcoming an intense inner conflict of a desire to love God and a desire to love and be loved by another woman. Jayne Ozanne is a prominent gay Anglican who struggled for over 40 years to reconcile her faith with her sexuality before becoming one of the leading figures that is ushering in a new era of LGBTI acceptance in the Church.

I’m seeing things that are coming across my phone from 12, 13-year-old girls, and it’s blowing my mind,” Messina says (via Taste of Country). “So I wrote a song called ‘Just to Be Loved,’ and it says, ‘Don’t be somebody else just to be loved.’ in pursuit of a more just and honest world – and Church.’ The Rt Revd James Jones KBE, formerly Bishop of Liverpool I’ve tried so many times to think of a new way to say it, and it’s still I love you.”– Zelda Fitzgerald

Christian students in the UK care about justice but they are generally not being given a clear vision of what the biblical call to justice is, or how to pursue God’s justice as a way of life. Healthline has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations. We avoid using tertiary references. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy. What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?”– George Eliot But often this only means the demands of life have made it necessary to plan time with your partner. Sexual activity might happen less often, but the effort you put into connecting intimately can make those moments even better. The relationship takes more work

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L is for the way you look at me. O is for the only one I see. V is very, very extraordinary. E is even more than anyone that you adore can LOVE.”– Nat King Cole After some reflection, you may still want to quit your job and travel with your partner to a different country. But make sure you really want to do it for yourself, too. Just To Be Loved” is one of several songs the 52-year-old is eager to share with the rest of the world, a surprising resurgence for Messina, whose last album of new material, Me, came out in 2014. But after Cole Swindell‘s No. 1 hit, “ She Had Me At Heads Carolina,” which includes a version with Messina, and her Heads Carolina, Tails California: The Best of Jo Dee Messina, featuring 11 of Messina’s biggest hits, she is more excited than ever about her next musical chapter.