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The selected writings of Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd, one of the more important figures in 20th century social justice and gay liberation.

A deeply personal look at what it means to be homosexual while adhering to the strictures and prejudices of a "straight" soceity.

In the middle of the turbulent 1960s Malcolm Boyd's Are You Running With Me, Jesus? appeared on the scene and broke the mold from which devotional texts had previously been made. Boyd's prayers engaged traditional Christian themes with a decidedly contemporary voice—honest, direct, insightful—while at the same time taking on issues of everyday concern: personal freedom, racial justice, sexuality. Billed by its original publisher as a collection of “prayers for all of us today who are finding it harder and harder to pray,” this landmark book has influenced generations of Christians and seekers. This fortieth anniversary edition promises to celebrate its impact and make it available to further generations.

Malcolm Boyd illustrates this understanding of the nature of prayer in the prayers collected here. Sometimes startling, sometimes raw, but always fresh and sincere, these prayers lead readers to an understanding of God as intimate, God here and now. Some of these prayers first appeared in Boyd's groundbreaking book, Are You Running with Me, Jesus? Others are from Human like Me, Jesus. Still others are new for this volume.Readers will find themselves nodding in understanding as Boyd exposes his fears and failures, his joys and love. More importantly, however, readers will find a model for expressing themselves -- all of themselves -- to God in new ways. A must-read for anyone looking to broaden what it means to pray.

The personal prayers of a modern Episcopalian priest who believes that prayer is a direct response, offered freely by an individual man thinking as he usually speaks, and that prayer concerns the everyday events and concerns of man. Organized by topics, such as racial freedom, the campus, films, and sexual freedom.