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PRODUCT TITLE INTO THE LIGHT: HEALING SEXUALITY IN TODAY'S CHURCH / DVD VIDEO
ISBN NUMBER 9781628243192
CATEGORY TYPE SEEDBED TRAINING RESOURCES
AUTHOR/EDITOR MARK ONGLEY
PUBLISHER SEEDBED
PRODUCT Type. Videos
Summary DVD accompanying book of the same name — 13, approximately 9-15 minute sessions.
FORMAT DVD
SELLING PRICE $46.50*
*price before member's discount

DESCRIPTION

Look around your church on a Sunday morning and every face you see will likely have struggled or be struggling with some kind of sexual brokenness. While recent cultural upheaval has focused the sexuality conversation squarely on the issue of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, sexual brokenness presents in many other ways—infidelity, sexual abuse, incest, emotional adultery, and sexual addiction, just to name a few.

Shame keeps these struggles locked away, resulting in a lonely, dark battle without the love and support necessary to overcome it. It's counter-intuitive, as most things in God's Kingdom are, but true healing for our deepest issues comes not when we withdraw into darkness, but when our sorrows and scars come out into the light.

Sessions Include:

  • The Elephant and the Scapegoat
  • Creation and God's Good Design
  • The Violation of Abuse
  • All God's Children Got Monkeys
  • Restoration and Grace
  • Jesus and Our Perversity
  • Same-Sex Attraction and Other Variations

Into The Light: Healing Sexuality in Today's Church is written to begin a biblically grounded and theologically informed discussion of this beautiful gift of sexuality. Whether the context is a Sunday school class, Bible study, women's group, or men's breakfast, don't be surprised if deep brokenness begins to surface—that's the whole idea. Embrace one another with open arms, just as the Father would. The journey to healing begins when we feel safe to take the first step.

About the author:
Mark Ongley has more than twenty-five years of pastoral ministry experience and serves part-time as pastor of Ashes to Life in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania—a United Methodist congregation reaching out to people in recovery. Through Restored Image Ministries he offers counseling, seminars, and a monthly blog at restoredimage.org. His wife, Lauri, and their two daughters bring him joy and remind him not to take himself too seriously.