Ken butterfield pastor

Book review Chapter 1

Butterfield, as a professor at Syracuse University, three years down the line she became Director of Undergraduate Studies (p. 3). As a young professor, the author felt that she was in a dilemma and somehow found herself regretting because she could not trace her roots. In this book, she writes to us her struggles on Christian life from the time she was still in darkness. She starts by giving us how she was introduced to gospel from an invitation from Ken and how she began seeing religion from a different angle. The story develops into a platform of new adventures that warrants no rejection as she stretched to a different level as per her words: “You never know the terrain someone else has walked to worship the Lord.” (p. 20)

Butterfield’s feelings were much complicated, as accepting Christ’s teachings to her was an insult, keeping away Christian values and felt “had to put up with a lot of flack for the conservative Christians.” (p. 1). An instance, she wanted to devote her time to cover Christian virtues and salvation. This is ironic as she has been a dedicated lesbian professor, with her vast knowledge in the field. Her work, therefore, is degreed in a far way on Christian teachings and the other far end of her career in lesbianism and gay education.

In her words, “I started a self-study of Greek to help me understand the Bible and looked for someone to help me understand the Bible.” (p. 7), Butterfield developed a real interest in Bible study. Through this, she was of the interest as an English scholar have to understand hermeneutic used by Christians by studying Greek and Hebrew as the basis of Bible writing. She knew that understanding Bible calls her to read extra resources that will make her understand the \Bible. Furthermore, she looks for someone to assist her to understand the Bible for her salvation growth as she was an armature in this. The fact that she realizes that the Chapel was on the other end and may not help her is a sign of positive development towards maturity.

The author surrounded by life dynamics and embedded in her academia world and day to day pals whom through which shape one’s life through relationship. As per sentiments from friends, “we had a nice chat on the phone with Pastor Ken.” (P. 9) she purports that the chat was fun, and she truly accepted the meal after which her faith is taken over, and she gladly took Pastor Ken’s hand on her salvation (p.11)

With a recognition of life stress and the precise comparison between Christian and Lesbian commonality, to Butterfield, her case was different altogether. She admired the past life most, and she wished she had stayed in the academic field. As she contrasts it: “Christian community appeared to be judgmental, Scornful, and afraid of diversity.” On contrary to the other world, she claims that: “Lesbian community was home and a home felt safer and secure; the people that I knew the based and cared about were in the community.” (p. 5). The two contrasts bring the mockery of Christianity being judgmental and people in this category lived a circumscribed life.

The theme of change is also depicted when Pastor Ken and her wife, Floy, assisted Butterfield to become a devoted Christian, as she noted “What I faced at work during my work following my conviction, was rubbish of my sins, forgiven by God . . . I had to change everything, my life, my friends, my writings” p. 26)

During her time of conversion, the author was assisted by teamwork in the department as a unity to see her grow in her new dominion. Dean of the Chapel encouraged her that her lesbianism has helped her a lot, and she should not give in everything. This was, of course, a wrong piece of advice, as she was dedicated to walking on pure life with great determination and ought not to be a having Jesus as her lesbian. Her high hope kept her courage and faith in the Scriptures: “but I have been reading and rereading scriptures, and there are no such marks as postmodern, ‘both/and,' in the Bible.”

Domination is also featured when the author mentions the apostle creed: “for someone raised in Catholic, the church was God…” (P. 19). However, she was not yet able to separate the two at this juncture.

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