Chap 8-11

Chapter 8: Clinical Pastoral Education

Her experiences in seminary of being a hospital chaplain. “We want to go to God for answers, but sometimes what we get is God’s presence.”

Chapter 9: Eunuchs and Hermaphrodites

An encounter with self-proclaimed hermaphrodite changes her sermon on Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch because of her revulsion for the hermaphrodite making her realize that she was as “inclusive” as she thought she was.

Chapter 10: Cotton Candy

A story about an epic failure (at least in Nadia’s eyes) Rally Day.

Chapter 11: Pirate Christian

The story of her enemy the so-called “Pirate Christian” and her sermon on loving your enemy. “I long for black and white, … But that’s not how I experience the world I continue to learn … that there are often more than just two possible labels for things."

Charles Eklund 2018