I may not be religious in the traditional sense, but I am very spiritual and truly believe that we all have truths and lessons to share. And You Invited Me In touched me deeply, and I began asking myself, "Who do I exclude? Who do I have judgments about?" I have many friends who are gay, and many friends who are a bit intolerant of them. So your book hit me on many levels, and also reminded me about being compassionate as I navigate the waters between the two camps. I'm always trying to find way to bring people together, to find common ground, or at least find a way to honor the differences people have between them with respect and compassion. We all, after-all, are part of the larger family of humanity and we're all connected. Rev. Runa, Oregon
My wife has always told me that I'm homophobic, but I just didn't understand. Your book moved me to look beyond my understanding and see what God wants me to do. Pete, a firefighter from a Southern city
You have taken a taboo subject and put a face on AIDS patients. Until Eric's illness, AIDS never had a face to it...it was always someone else's loved one or friend, but not ours. Eric's life and death touched all of us so deeply, we look at AIDS and its victims so differently now. And You Invited Me In is a marvelous book. Dr. Don Whitaker's Staff, Jefferson, TX
My husband left me for someone else. Before I finished your book I had to call him and ask forgiveness for not being an example of Christ. Marilyn, Dallas
You have really expressed so many different realities that thousands upon thousands of gay men and women have had to face. Lee, Ohio
I found your book by accident at the bookstore, and as I read I realized this is my story...I come from a conservative home and am gay. I just came out to my family... Chris, Texas
I wish to commend the author on writing this amazing book that I encourage everyone to read. She takes you there and it is a journey worth taking. She has one examining their beliefs but also how they can stretch it and still remain true to their beliefs.One scene that I will not get into moved me and when I read it I felt myself falling apart as the scene was moving. I was teary eyed (smile).
I love Scott, Alex, Annie, Wayne, Harley, Samuel, Kitty, Jett (although that took some time...smile) but in the end let us do what Jesus commanded us to do, love one another as we love ourselves and looking at the state of this world those who profess to be Christians or who wish to be Christ like got our work cut out for us. Thank you for writing this book. Juss, Brooklyn,
And You Invited Me In is a book where the very worst and the very best in Christianity meet and must look each other squarely in the eyes--prejudice, shame, and extremism faced with the overpowering forces of grace, forgiveness, and love. Her intimate familiarity with the Bible Belt culture allows Cheryl Moss Tyler to offer a compelling page-turner that leaves us believing genuine compassion transcends even the most enentrenched bigotry and dogma. Rev. Todd Ekloff, Louisville
And You Invited Me In was a good story and an important one; illustrating that we can and must go beneath dogma and cliche to the core of our deepest values to offer true compassion to our fellow human beings. This is an important and readable book, and it needs to be shared in a time when it is not easy to decide where one stands on the most important and difficult issues we face as a human community. It calls us to live what Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught, "Love is not the answer, love is the assignment." Rev.
