{"product_id":"fifty-years-in-a-jealous-marriage-seeking-a-healthy-sexuality-in-a-world-of-power-and-control-paperback","title":"Fifty Years in a Jealous Marriage: Seeking a Healthy Sexuality in a World of Power and Control - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Lex\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn M. Ennis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn honest story of one man's life in the Roman Catholic priesthood. This is a book that challenges all of those on either side who claim to have a corner on the Truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this candid and challenging look at celibacy, Father James Lex provides a compelling and emotional portrait of the Roman Catholic priesthood at the dawn of the vocation's third millennium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lifetime struggle with celibacy is a lifetime struggle to stay whole inside a jealous marriage. As with any marriage, Lex's has been a creative interplay of weakness and strength, of finding and asserting power, and of knowing how and when to submit. This book is the story of any of America's more than 46,000 active and more than 20,000 inactive priests. It is a book about learning the rules and unlearning them.... about learning to love and to let go... about forgiveness and yearning... about the choices people make every day. \u003ci\u003eFifty Years in a Jealous Marriage \u003c\/i\u003echronicles a transformation -- the transformation of a young, naive, eager to please, seminarian into a mature and surprisingly sane, truly catholic, Roman Catholic priest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to being a Catholic priest for more than fifty years, \u003cb\u003eJames Lex \u003c\/b\u003ehas an Ed.D. in educational psychology from Indiana University (1972). He self-published two books: \u003ci\u003eMy Weakness Is My Strength\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Recycle Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e. Working closely with Trappist Father Vincent Dwyer, Lex led retreats for ordained ministers and priests in New Jersey, California, Korea, England, and Ireland (testing more than 3,000 priests). He served as a secular priest in the Diocese of Evansville (Indiana) for fifty years. This time included service as superintendent for Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Evansville and as Spiritual Director for the Diocese of Owensboro(Kentucky) for several years. Ann M. Ennis has worked extensively as a freelance non-fiction writer and earned her bachelor of arts in journalism and political science from IndianaUniversity (1984). Ennis is under contract with Orbis Books as co-authorwith Helen Prejean, C.S. J., for the manuscript The Women of Batahola: Stories of Struggle and Adventure. Ennis has been published in MaryknollMagazine, Sisters Today, Radical Grace and Christian Social Action. She is currently Development Director for Habitat for Humanity of Evansville, Indiana. She is a Lay Affiliate of the Maryknoll Missionary Society.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.48 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749611667744,"sku":"9780788020612","price":24.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3d32d942fc6eec2e2dec121789b90f7.webp?v=1779934873","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fifty-years-in-a-jealous-marriage-seeking-a-healthy-sexuality-in-a-world-of-power-and-control-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}