{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"197 - Same-Sex Attraction and Conversion w\/ Andrew Comiskey &amp; Marco Casanova\t","description":"We all know the secular world opposes the very idea of a person with same-sex attraction seeking any kind of therapy or spiritual counsel that might enable them to reach a state of healthy relations with the opposite sex. But what\u2019s odd is that many Catholics seem to have bought into this. Many assume that if someone is not currently attracted to the opposite sex, this is a static, lifelong condition and therefore they must be called to celibacy. But this view involves multiple misunderstandings \u2013 of the SSA experience, of anthropology, of the power of God\u2019s grace, and of the good of celibacy itself. Today\u2019s guests know otherwise because they both have a background with same-sex attraction, and yet are each now married with children. Andrew Comiskey and Marco Casanova run Desert Stream and Living Waters Ministries, which for decades have offered help to Christians seeking healing from sexual disorders (including but not limited to SSA). This conversation offers solid, spiritually and psychologically sound, experience-based answers to some disputed questions about how the Church should be pastoring those with same-sex attraction. It's not about \u201cconversion therapy\u201d. It\u2019s about conversion in the Catholic sense \u2013 one day at a time. --Can we really put a ceiling on God\u2019s ability to heal us psychologically? --Does any attempt at such healing amount to the secular bugbear of \u201cconversion therapy\u201d? --What does life look like for a person with a \u201cgay\u201d past who is now married to the opposite sex? --Is it legitimate for Christians to embrace a gay identity as long as they don\u2019t act out sexually? --Is there such a thing as a chaste same-sex romantic relationship? Links Thomas Mirus, \u201cYour sexual pathology doesn\u2019t make you special\u201d  https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/your-sexual-pathology-doesnt-make-you-special\/ Andrew Comiskey, Rediscovering Our Lost Fullness: A Guide to Sexual Integration  https:\/\/sophiainstitute.com\/product\/rediscovering-our-lost-fullness\/ Desert Stream Ministries http:\/\/www.desertstream.org\/ Desert Stream on YouTube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCJVUJQREephvIkJWlTuwXBg DONATE to make this show possible! http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/newsletters ","author_name":"The Catholic Culture Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.catholicculture.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36941830\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36941830"}