The Gay Preacher's Wife: How My Gay Husband Deconstructed My Life and Reconstructed My Faith - Paperback

by Lydia Meredith (Author)

The deeply personal memoir of Lydia Meredith, a woman who spent almost thirty years married to a preacher--only to have her husband leave her for a man--and how her life becomes a testimony of tolerance and a theology of love and acceptance.After being married to Reverend Dennis A. Meredith for almost thirty years, Lydia Meredith discovers a shocking truth: the love of her life left her for a man. Now, Lydia opens up for the first time about how that revelation shattered her world--and strengthened her faith. With her life turned upside down, Lydia struggled to put the pieces of her broken heart back together and that led her to pursue understanding through an accredited theological education. She wanted a way to put her family back together and she found Jesus' ministry and teachings were "actually" about teaching tolerance and love for people who are labeled different. Candid, honest, and incredibly touching, Lydia Meredith shows that faith and perseverance can get you through any challenge life throws your way.

Author Biography

Lydia Meredith is the founder of Beacon of Hope, Inc.--Renaissance Learning Center, with a mission to strengthen families and communities and lift poor children and their families out of poverty. Lydia has Master Degrees in Business, Christian Education, and Public Policy from Vanderbilt University, The Interdenominational Theological Center, and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, respectively. She married and had three sons with Reverend Dennis A. Meredith, who is now an openly gay pastor and leading a congregation of over one-thousand members--predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. She and the pastor divorced in 2008, but remain close friends.