Sexuality Beyond Sex: An Unexpected Conversation on Embodiment, Identity, and Desire
What if sexuality is about something much more important than sex?
Sex and sexuality are often complicated by frustration, confusion, or pain. Some Christians idolize sex and marriage, then find both fall short of their idealized expectations. Others who are single may wonder, Why did God create me with sexual desires if I’m not supposed to act on them? For celibate gay and same-sex attracted Christians, these questions can feel especially urgent. Are marriage and procreation the main purpose of sexuality? If so—and if we never marry—what’s the point of having sexuality at all?
Dr. Gregory Coles and Dr. Julia Hejduk believe our sexuality matters deeply—even for those of us who are not having sex. In Sexuality Beyond Sex, friends Greg and Julia explore what our capacity and desire for sex can teach us about being human and, even more importantly, what sexuality can teach us about God. Together, they offer the rich gifts of candid dialogue across differences, engaging their unique perspectives as a straight married Catholic woman (Julia) and a gay celibate Protestant man (Greg).
When God created our sexual bodies and called his creation “very good,” he wasn’t just talking about married people. He was talking about all of us. Join in on the conversation as Greg and Julia unpack the profoundly hopeful vision for human sexuality Christianity offers—a vision that ultimately points us all toward Jesus, our heavenly Bridegroom.