Episode: Wesley Hill on Human Sexuality and the Church
Author, speaker, professor and priest Wesley Hill joins Mickey and Bishop Todd to discuss the Church’s relationship to human sexuality. Wesley shares his own powerful testimony of acknowledging his sexual orientation and God’s call to celibacy, then seeking fellowship and belonging in a local church. Also, his dog Karl Bark (aptly named for theologian Karl Barth) makes history as the first pet to make an audible appearance on this podcast.
Wesley Hill is an Episcopal priest and the Associate Professor of New Testament at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He has spoken and lectured at numerous Christian colleges and seminaries in the U.S. and internationally. In 2018, he was a member of the St. Augustine Seminar held at Lambeth Palace to prepare resources for the Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion in 2022. He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality (Zondervan, second edition 2016), Paul and the Trinity: Persons, Relations, and the Pauline Letters (Eerdmans, 2015), Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian (Brazos, 2015), and The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide to Praying to Our Father (Lexham, 2019). A contributing editor for Comment magazine, he writes regularly for Christianity Today, The Living Church, and other publications.
