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Jeff Chu

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in Hayward, California, The United States

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Jeff Chu is an award-winning journalist, essayist, preacher, and speaker.

He serves as an editor-at-large at Travel+Leisure magazine, teacher in residence at Crosspointe Church in Cary, N.C., and parish associate for storytelling and witness at the First Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, Calif. Formerly a writer at Time and an editor at Fast Company, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and in numerous other outlets.

Jeff is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. For several years, he served as co-curator of Evolving Faith.

He lives in Grand Rapids, Mich., with his husband, Tristan.

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	Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, Jeff Chu (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 7,542 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand 4.03 avg rating — 2,445 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America 4.18 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Lovelessness is a huge sin in the church. The four primary personalities in the New Testament- Jesus, Paul, Peter, and John- all four of them say that love is the most important thing. But the only time love really counts is when something unlovely happens.”
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“Words are bricks, which, depending on how you use them, can pave pathways or build walls.”
― Jeff Chu, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America

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“A story can be told, but it's only complete when someone receives it. I'm so grateful that you have spent time with these words. May they bless you. May you plant your own seeds, and may your gardens flourish. May you draw hope from the picture of renewal that has been etched into creation. May you rest assured that you matter, and may you never doubt that you belong. May you never forget that you are so deeply loved.”
― Jeff Chu, Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand

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