Mud & Poetry: Love, Sex, and the Sacred - Softcover

Blanski, Tyler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935205099 ISBN 13: 9781935205098

Publisher: Upper Room, 2010

Synopsis

What is the secret to a happy, lasting, God-filled marriage? Is it a two car garage? A big bank account? Amazing sex?  No. In Mud & Poetry, American singer/songwriter and author Tyler Blanski suggests that marriage is not just another tired pursuit of the American Dream. Marriage is a mission. It is a way to live the Great Commission.

God is on a mission to bring himself glory through through his male-and-female creation. Marriage is a sacrament. Singleness, especially consecrated Celibacy, can also be a living sign of Christ's love for his Church. For Christians, celibacy and marriage complement each other.

You see, every Christian has a sex life, even if they're not having sex. Sometimes love is muddy and confusing. Sometimes it's beautiful and poetic. But our relationships have the potential to transform us spiritually.

In playful and creative prose, Tyler Blanski invites readers to discover the beauty and power , the mud and the poetry, of God's mission for human sexuality.

About this title

About the Author

"Tyler Blanski, 25, grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, Minnesota; studied at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, England; and holds a bachelor of arts in Christian Studies from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. He is a co-founder of Venite Ministries, a Christian spiritual formation resource and retreat center in Minneapolis, and a founding member of the Couch Society, a theological forum and journal. He currently lives in Uptown, Minneapolis, where he manages a small house painting business, Rembrandt Home Painting; participates in the communal life of an Anglican church; works at a coffee shop; and writes.

Reviews

Musician and new author Blanski is on a mission to shake up Christianity. The themes he addresses are not new, but his edgy and hip prose breathe new life into them. Being a Christian, Blanski contends, is not about pursuing angelic purity and removing soul stains--it is a messy endeavor. Within the mess, however, God is present, laboring in human lives, and nothing in life is off limits. He draws from a wide variety of sources from within, and outside, the Christian tradition. Most impressive is the author's articulation of his own ongoing journey toward a good life. He doesn't subscribe to the popular notion of conversion as immediate and final; rather, his sense of it is much more gradual, lasting throughout life. Some may find a touch of naïveté in this work, especially the passages regarding marriage. But young adults could benefit greatly, especially those with a sense that they should not have to completely change who they are in order to pursue religious faith. (Sept.) (c)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Upper Room
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935205099
• ISBN 13: 9781935205098
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208