Everyone Used to Know This!
College media instructor Karl W. Beckstrand has lived abroad, interned for Congress in D.C., and earned a B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in conflict resolution. He was a technical recruiter in Silicon Valley, a Stanford Hospital chaplain, and a Spanish interpreter for Angel Flight (aviator nonprofit). But his relationships were far from satisfying. Today, he enjoys profound lasting ties.
Regardless of marital status or sexual orientation, every person has God-given needs for love and true union, including connection with those of one’s own sex. While long-term relating bliss can be elusive for just about anyone, there are more kinds of connection than we know, happier than the sparse paths the world often signals.
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 LGBTQIA Life, Beckstrand shows how God can help us fulfill our needs while honoring His will; and loving, generous feelings can replace discouragement, isolation, even addiction.
Know a gay couple that’s floundering? In Abundant Paths: Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Fulfilling LGBTQIA 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. He offers insights to bolster confidence in God’s love for each person and His designs for differences.
“I hope all who feel attraction to their own sex—or any potentially isolating distinction—can learn its positive purpose and most fulfilling expressions, that each person can feel self-love, God’s love, and profound love with others.”
“Difinitive…engaging”
“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)
God Adores You: Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Fulfilling LGBTQIA Relationships That Last (Hard cover version is called Mor Than 2 Paths: Biblical Secrets to Your Most Fulfilling LGBTQIA Life)
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Abundant Paths: Beyond Either/Or Thinking to Fulfilling LGBTQIA Relationships That Last
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 27 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 PremioBooks.com.
