Sexuality and Spirituality

If you asked most people if sexuality and spirituality had anything to do with each other, I think most people would answer "No."  Unfortunately, sexuality has been hijacked and distorted as the #1 replacement for deep, meaningful connections to people and to God.  

In his book, Sex God: exploring the Endless connections between sexuality and spirituality, Rob Bell, a pastor and author, uses plain language and scripture to wildly un-distort sex and marriage.  Bell's style is refreshing because it is current and provocative in a good way.  He doesn't mince words - his examples are true to life and not watered-down.  The message is creatively shared through real-world examples; from the Bible, of celebrities and of people that Bell has known in life.  He speaks to an audience that is not necessarily Christian or studied up on the Bible (for instance, when quoting the Gospels for the first time, he tells the reader that these are accounts of the life of Jesus).  People in all stages of seeking truth about God, sexuality and marriage can read and easily understand the message. 

Today, most people, inside and outside of Christianity, would probably tell you that becoming a Christ-follower involves "toning down" their sexuality, but Bell argues that, to the contrary, the communion and connection found in a relationship with God and inside marriage (ultimately, a picture of relationship with God) is the supreme fulfillment of the desire that God placed inside each one of us.  Sleeping around, sexual deviance, pornography, infidelity, addiction....these are all of the tragic results of people desperately seeking this connection in the wrong places.  These issues are pervasive.  They harm us, our marriages and our children.  Bell's book allows us to understand sexuality from an unsecular perspective, which is, perhaps, a new and different one - how it was intended by our Creator.