Are gay believers doomed to loneliness in this life?
Are you or someone you love wrestling with faith and LGBTQIA questions? Has anything taken God by Surprise? God doesn’t simply tolerate “queerness,” it is—expressed attentively—part of His plan for our joy. In God Adores You! Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Your Most Fulfilling Relationships, Beckstrand shows how God can help us fulfill our needs while honoring His will; and loving, generous feelings can replace discouragement, isolation, even addiction. He offers insights to bolster confidence in God’s love for each person and His designs for differences.
In Abundant Paths: Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Fulfilling Same-Sex Relationships That Last, Beckstrand shares keys for transforming relationships and creating deep, lasting same-sex bonds. These principles apply to heterosexuals, married people, singles, women, and men.
This book is about real connection. It’s about observing all options—and their varied outcomes. Early in life I wanted lasting ties; but I was indoctrinated into sex and distracted by it for many years. This book encourages people to explore more ways of connecting. Love isn’t wanting someone, but wanting the best for them. Only when I sought bonding with no sexual agenda did I finally experience deep lasting fulfillment.
“Definitive…engaging” - Publisher's Weekly
“Beckstrand offers an engaging and thoughtful perspective on relationships, sexuality, and faith…. [H]e delivers multiple supportive arguments and…an abundance of reflective…and definitive ideas.… Readers will value the author’s moments of candor and honest reflection on his own experiences.… [They’ll] be gratified by its conclusions and novel assertions…particularly relating to meaningful relationships…which lends it distinction and is refreshing to read.” – The BookLife Prize (Publisher’s Weekly)
About Karl W. Beckstrand, M.A.
College media instructor Karl Beckstrand has lived abroad, interned for a Massachusetts publisher and for Congress in D.C. He earned a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in international relations and conflict resolution, and a broadcast/film certificate. He’s been a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit), and a rock band front man. He is the best-selling and award-winning author/illustrator of 30 multicultural/multilingual books and more than 60 e-book titles. His western survival thriller, To Swallow the Earth, won a 2016 International Book Award, and his works have been lauded by Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus, The Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Raised in Silicon Valley, he has worked with people from all continents (except Antarctica). His work reflects cultural diversity—not only in protagonists, but in collaborators (his illustrators hail from Latin America, Europe, and Asia). Since 2004, he has run Premio Publishing. Beckstrand has presented to Taiwan’s Global Leadership for Youth, city and state governments, festivals, and schools. His Y.A. stories, self-help, ebook mysteries, nonfiction, Spanish/bilingual, career, and STEM books feature ethnically diverse characters—and usually end with a twist. His work has appeared via: Amazon, Apple/iBooks, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Costco, Deseret Book, Follett, Ingram, Kobo, Papercrafts Magazine, SCRIBD, Target.com, The U.S. Congressional Record, Walmart, and PremioPublishing.com.
