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The truth of faith and sexuality isn't found in five point strategies or simple platitudes. They are too complicated for that. Stories reveal the truth about faith and sexuality. Using stories inspired by real people and events, Single Sex Stories offers a holistic approach to sexuality for Christian singles that extends beyond abstinence. Christians are hungry for a new experience of sexuality that goes beyond managing and redirecting desires of the flesh. Single Sex Stories explores the spiritual complexity of sexuality for single adults or anyone interested in sexuality. Using authentic human stories, research, and anecdotes from counseling, the book explores shame and fear, the grace and beauty that unmarried Christians experience with sexuality. The stories in Single Sex Stories imagine a holistic model that promotes overall sexual health and ways to enjoy sexuality as holy gift instead of a sinful burden.

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These personal stories written with clarity and compassion make you stop and think, then stop and think some more. That's how we learn. The most powerful sex organ we have is our brain. Vivian Fransen Author of The Straight Spouse: A Memoir Single Sex Stories is a labor of love to Christian singles. Deeply informed by theology and psychology, it avoids legalism and easy answers. By telling stories (a la Irving Yalom), Simpson manages to reach the reader in emotionally and transformative ways. I know of nothing like it in the Christian literature. I wish I had this book when I was single and I will make sure to get it in the hands of Christian singles everywhere. Brad D. Strawn, PhD Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor for the Integration of Psychology and Theology Fuller Seminary, Graduate School of Psychology. Author/Editor ofChristianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversationand The Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology, and the Church In this thoroughly engaging book, professor, clinical psychologist, and humbly self-described amateur theologian Steve Simpson sets out to re-consider, re-work, and re-envision a Christian view of unmarried sexuality that transcends the shame-based, guilt-inducing approach so common in Evangelical Christian circles.... A wonderful book for teens and young adults of faith as well as their parents. Jennifer Kunst, PhD, clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author of the book, Wisdom from the Couch: Knowing and Growing Yourself from the Inside Out Single Sex Storiesshines a light on an overlooked issue within the Christian community--the natural sexual desires of unmarried Christians. Through humor, biblical scholarship, psychological research, and his own personal experience, Simpson calls out the taboos and prejudices of singles sexuality while offering a revolutionary and refreshing solution. As each chapter revealed yet another piece of profound wisdom served in a hilarious and uplifting package, I was left wondering why we Christians insist on making this sex thing so damn difficult. Ryan Howes, Ph.D., ABPP Contributor, Psychology Today and the Psychotherapy Networker Magazine Founder of National Psychotherapy Day Private Practice, Pasadena, California.

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