Same-Sex Attraction (Part 3) with A.J. Benjamin
Restore The Glory Podcast
Jake Khym
4.8 • 880 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This episode, Jake and Bob sit down with AJ Benjamin, the author of “When the Son Frees You.” They discuss his journey of healing that led to his writing a book. AJ discusses his childhood wounds, the pathway of his healing and how it led to a fulfilled life with his wife.
Key Quote:
“The purification of our hearts has to do with paternal or maternal images, stemming from our personal and cultural history, and influencing our relationship with God.” (CCC 2779)
Key Points:
-AJ’s journey of same-sex attraction.
-His insistence on not labelling people as gay or straight because in his mind labels box people in and people are more than their sexual orientation.
-A discussion of gender/sexual fluidity
-Working through wounds from childhood to find healing
Practical Application:
- Look into the work of Desert Stream Ministries and Living Waters small groups.
- Reflect on your own relationship with your mother and father and how it influenced your view of God and your experience your sexuality.
- Explore one of the resources below.
Resources:
- When the Son Frees You: A Catholic Man's Journey of Healing From Same-Sex Attraction (Book by A.J. Benjamin)
- Desert Stream Living Waters
- Theology of the Body, Pope John Paull II (writings)
- Theology of the Body Institute (ministry from Christopher West)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Restore the Glory Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | My name is Jake Kim. |
| 0:11.0 | And I'm Bob Schutz. We're two Catholic therapists sharing what we've learned personally and professionally to help you on the journey of restoration. |
| 0:20.0 | If you've been blessed by our podcast, please prayerfully consider partnering with us on |
| 0:24.2 | Patreon. Your support will help cover the cost to produce the podcast, but will also give |
| 0:29.4 | you access to exclusive content like monthly reflections and special live stream teachings. |
| 0:35.0 | Go to Patreon.com slash restore the glory and join the mission of |
| 0:41.0 | experiencing the restoration of our God-given glory. the series here on same sex attraction and so I want to really encourage listeners if |
| 0:55.9 | you're if you're starting with this episode we would highly encourage you at |
| 1:00.0 | least to go back and listen to the first episode in the series where Bob and I kind of intro why we're doing this and what our heart is in it and what we're what we're trying to accomplish here. |
| 1:09.7 | This is just this is tender stuff, this is important stuff and we want to be sensitive to the |
| 1:15.2 | experiences that people have and just like we broke down in that first episode Bob with |
| 1:19.7 | the catechism just about the importance of addressing this issue but the sensitivity that's required as we address it. |
| 1:26.6 | So I'm very happy to have our guest on so Bob good to be with you and want you to introduce our guest. |
| 1:30.8 | Hey Jake yeah. I actually have not met in person, our guest, but we've talked on the phone and emailed |
| 1:39.4 | and I really got to know him through reading his book. |
| 1:43.3 | And so I want to introduce everybody to A.J. Benjamin |
| 1:47.0 | who has an amazing story and was a man of a lot of courage and faith in the way that he's walked through things and |
| 1:56.1 | so I was just so impressed with his story and his honesty and his vulnerability and so much |
| 2:01.0 | of the time as people talk about this issue, it's kind of on the surface of, you know, |
| 2:10.0 | the camps that we identified before and what I love about AJ's story is he just talks |
| 2:16.2 | about the realities of his heart which is really what's beautiful in it. |
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