Gene Robinson

The 10 Basic Shots of Pool is the pool world's practice bible. Every professional player will tell you that to reach the highest level of play you have to hit a million balls, better known as the HAMB method of learning. But not until now has anyone attempted to show you how to do this. That's what the 10 Basic Shots of Pool is all about - teaching you the 10 basic shots and the many variations of each shot, showing you exactly what needs to be practiced in order to reach the highest levels of play.

What if you met someone who could actually tell you exactly how to live your life in complete fulfillment? Or maybe someone would write a book about how it might happen, so you could still learn from it, just as if you yourself had been right there in that situation. It would be a fascinating adventure for most. And if you continued to practice these newly found learnings for the duration of your time here, then you would be an example for your children and friends alike, leaving in your wake a solid foundation for a content society. Wouldn't it be wonderful if most of the people you made any sort of contact with were individuals who were at peace with who they are and what they are doing with their life? The result would be a very pleasant experience for everyone. You see, the truth is it's not the things you have, or how much money; nor is it where you live, or even who you are... but simply if you THINK you are happy. Then all would be left is we allowing ourselves this privilege of being escorted by contentment through every day for the rest of our days. A fine scenario. And that's what this book can do for you. Now - let's begin.

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Gene Robinson is bishop of the tiny, rural Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, but he's at the center of a storm of controversy raging in the Episcopal Church and throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion involving homosexuality, the priesthood, and the future of the Communion. This book offers an honest, thoughtful portrait of Robinson, the faith that has informed his life, and the controversy that continues to rock his Church.

A multifaceted sourcebook telling the powerful story of reconciliation, celebration and struggle for LGBTQI inclusion across the American religious landscape. "No matter what stage in the process of change, religious belief is unveiled in all its dynamism in this book.... Wrestling with issues and struggling for better understanding of one's fellow human beings is at the center of every religion, no matter how old or new, narrow or expansive, Western or Eastern, that religion is. The struggle itself is a sign of life in these religious endeavors, and with life there is hope." —from the Foreword by Bishop Gene Robinson We are at a critical turning point in American religious and political life over LGBTQI inclusion. How each spiritual community approaches the question will profoundly impact the American political and social climate of the future. This accessible resource explores thirteen faith traditions that wrestle with LGBTQI inclusion, documenting the challenges and transformation of American religion. Faith Traditions Covered: The Black Church • Buddhism • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) • The Episcopal Church • First Nations (Native American) • Hinduism • Judaism • The Lutheran Church • Islam • The Presbyterian Church • Protestant Evangelical Traditions • The Roman Catholic Church • Unitarian Universalism

From the IX Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected to the episcopate and the world's leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage--a groundbreaking book that persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a commonsense, reasoned, religious argument. Robinson holds the religious text of the Bible to be holy and sacred and the ensuing two millennia of church history to be relevant to the discussion. He is equally familiar with the secular and political debate about gay marriage going on in America today, and is someone for whom same-sex marriage is a personal issue; Robinson was married to a woman for fourteen years and is a father of two children and has been married to a man for the last four years of a twenty-five-year relationship. Robinson has a knack for taking complex and controversial issues and addressing them in plain direct language, without using polemics or ideology, putting forth his argument for gay marriage, and bringing together sacred and secular points of view.