Embarrassed

Living with a faith that makes no sense to my friends

Graham Turner

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Sacristy Press
15 January 2025

Memoirs; Christianity; Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England; Personal Christian testimony & inspirational works

“Fun and full of insight” — Jonathan Clatworthy

Embarrassed is the honest story of one man’s struggle with a faith that was important to him but meant so little to his non-believing friends. Coloured with tender emotion, misunderstanding and desire to follow what he thought was right, Embarrassed tells of Graham Turner’s “coming out” about the shame he has carried all his life.

He felt awkward when his friends commented, “You seem like a nice guy, how come you believe this nonsense?” Crippling embarrassment confused and wounded him; it alienated him from many of the people he knew and valued who did not “do God”.

But, in time, this awkwardness became the catalyst that led him to discover a deeper, more generous and less simplistic appreciation of life in all its fullness. This is not a heroic story of triumph over adversity, but the discovery of goodness in all things through an experience of life falling apart and decades of being ill at ease. His is a story of discovery, fulfilment and hope.

By: Graham Turner
Imprint: Sacristy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9781789593679
ISBN 10: 1789593670
Pages: 201
Publication Date: 15 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

For over thirty years, Graham Turner served in a variety of parishes, mainly in urban neighbourhoods, before becoming a full-time prison chaplain. Through community enterprises and businesses, he worked to overcome social injustice while also exploring a range of contemplative traditions to deepen his own faith as well as others’. After an initial engineering apprenticeship and electronics degree, he studied theology to enter the Anglican ministry. Now retired, he works as a mentor, spiritual director and trustee of a poverty reduction charity. He is passionate about removing the mystique that surrounds faith so others can embrace the mystery that can transform us and our world.