Dr. Wesley Hill is a noted author and the Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, PA. Dr. Hill spoke as our Speaker in Residence this weekend at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville on two topics: “The Redemption of Our Bodies: Finding Sexual Wholeness in Christ” and "How Singleness Points to the Kingdom: St. Paul's Surprising Affirmation of Celibate Life." As a New Testament scholar, Dr. Hill’s dialogues were loaded with Scriptural references for discussion, but I was most interested in his personal story as a gay celibate.In 2008, my second marriage had dissolved in divorce and I found myself alone, without any family. After much prayer and Scripture study I had a decision to make about my sexuality. As a heterosexual it seemed that society’s expectation was that I would soon remarry or at least begin sexual relationships outside of a marriage relationship. In 2009, someone I had assumed to be a close Chri
