Ebook {Epub PDF} Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing by Carolyn Weber

 · "Carolyn Weber's Sex and the City of God is a wise, poignant, funny reflection on sex and the modern girl, only that the modern girl in this case is also freshly and deeply smitten by Jesus. Not since Lauren Winner's Girl Meets God have we had such a candid memoir of coming to faith and keeping the faith in an age that values neither. Carolyn's voice is clear and honest, and all through her. Carolyn Weber has set a new standard for what a Christian book can and should be: holistic, honest, and well-crafted."-- Karen Swallow Prior, author of On Reading Well and Fierce Convictions "Sex and the City of God is a luminous love story. In her elegant and honest memoir, Carolyn Weber invites us to journey with her through disordered /5(79). Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing by Carolyn Weber Adam Shields · Aug · Book Reviews · No Comments Summary: Follow up to Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing. When Carolyn Weber moved to Oxford University to study, she didn't expect to find God there. But she did. As she grappled with her newest and most important relationship, she also found that there was another invitation: to think bigger about love. "Sex and the City of God is a luminous love story. In her elegant and honest memoir, Carolyn Weber invites us to journey with her through disordered longings for union and communion to the discovery of Jesus as our first love who, through his passionate commitment to us as a bridegroom for a bride, awakens us to more deeply devoted human love as well—spiritually, emotionally, and physically.". Her new book Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing examines another way of being in relationship to this world (InterVarsity Press). Carolyn Weber resides in a timeworn but beloved Canadian farmhouse with her husband, four spirited children, and grandma, along with their animal menagerie.

I f Oxford brings to mind cobblestones, study rooms at the top of winding stone stairs, and kettles at the ready, then Carolyn Weber’s memoir, Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and. "We're sometimes tempted to put faith in one category and gritty areas of life in another. But God doesn't compartmentalize. In Sex and the City of God, Carolyn Weber narrates her experience of love, longing, and faith. Beautifully written, theologically rich, and mercifully honest, Weber's book is gift to all who love God amid the realities of our humanness.". Her latest book Sex and the City of God: A Memoir of Love and Longing examines another way of being in relationship to this world (InterVarsity Press). Carolyn Weber enjoys living in a quirky old house out in the country with her husband, four spirited children, and grandma, along with their animal menagerie.