Tainted Love: God, Sex & Relationships for the Not-So-Pure-At-Heart

by David Mark Brown

Truth. Sex. Relationships. Dating. Lust. Isolation. Selfishness. Freedom. Impatience. Passion. Angst. Sin. Purity. Courtship. Envy. Beauty. Obsession. Experience. Pornography. Light. Defeat. Gratitude. Hope. Respect. Community. Love.That's a lot to think about, isn't it? Opening your mind and heart wide to whatever may enter can leave you exposed and unsafe. But closing yourself to God's beauty in its many forms leaves you empty and ignorant, and you still are not safe.David Mark Brown leads you along the perilous trek through spoiled relationships, perverted perceptions and frustrating debates about whether Jesus would date, court, hang out with or linger near the other sex.In the midst of the mess he points out the resting place of God's pure beauty, where despite failed efforts, and perhaps even through them, you can be whole.

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Raised in Central Texas, David Mark Brown learned to ride horses at a young age. Then learned to hate them after a disastrous attempt to impress a girlfriend. He was five.

Turning instead to a life of poetry and prose he eventually migrated north to the University of Montana (the Berkeley of the Rockies) and became the Redneck Granola.

Falling in love a chainsaw wielding mountain woman forced him to reconsider his chosen career path--Hemingway on a sailboat. Instead he illuminated the path of life to college students as a spiritual guide for over a dozen years while his wife (now a pharmacist) squirreled away enough acorns for David to embrace the sultry world of commercial fiction.

After legally snatching a little Vietnamese boy and creating another son via more natural means, the happy family settled in Idaho. David still rides horses, but only in black and never for fun.

Pull up a chair at www.thegreenporch.com, and I'll pour you some sweet tea.

Reviews

[David Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gotta' say I liked this book, since I wrote it. I'm just glad I could even find it under the search. Seriously, this book was therapeutic for me, and I hope it can be for you. Good times. Thanks to all the readers out there. Here is to hoping some novels will be following this book in the near future...