The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, 2nd ed.

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world. There, her partner rehabilitated abandoned and abused dogs. In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. Then, in her late 30s, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down—the idea that Christianity, a religion that she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was, an idea that flew in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a "train wreck" at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could. Expanded Edition features over 50 pages of bonus material, including:
Open letters from Rosaria
Pastor Ken Smith's story of reaching out to Rosaria
Pastor Kent Butterfield's testimony of hospitality
Psalm selections to sing
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Publisher: Crown & Covenant Publications
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781884527807

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Rosaria Butterfield, a former professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University, converted to Christ in 1999 in what she describes as a train wreck. Her memoir The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert chronicles that difficult journey. Rosaria is married to Kent Butterfield, a Reformed Presbyterian pastor in North Carolina, and is a homeschool mother, author, and speaker.

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‘This book might be a source of embarrassment or even outrage to anyone who believes that a person's sexual orientation is immutable. On the other hand, it might bring relief and encouragement to those who are not satisfied by the incompatibility between their physiology and psychology and are seeking harmony. Rosaria Butterfield begins by describing her life and attitudes as a lesbian and campaigning feminist, before tracing how this was changed by her experience of the holy love of God shown through certain ministers of the Gospel and Christian congregations. She also gives insights as to the nature of the homosexual community and how Christians may be perceived by members of this. In many ways she cannot be taken as typical, with her powerful intellect and background in Roman Catholicism. Has this lady gone from one extreme to another - to the Reformed Presbyterian Church with its exclusive use of psalms in worship despite what St Paul writes about hymns and spiritual songs in Ephesians 5.19? This book is a witness to a life totally transformed in Christ.’ Martin Snellgrove