Faithfully Free: A Womanist Journey of Sex, Faith and Becoming

Faithfully Free: A Womanist Journey of Sex, Faith and Becoming

What happens when a Black bisexual Baptist preacher dares to tell the whole truth? You get this book, part memoir, part womanist theological manifesto, and now expanded in this second edition with a bonus essay and reflection prompts. Faithfully Free: A Womanist Journey of Sex, Faith, and Becoming boldly explores the intersections of sex, faith, shame, pleasure and freedom. In this powerful anthology of personal essays, Rev. Dr. Lacette Cross lays bare the beautiful, gritty journey of reconciling faith, sexuality, and leadership while living as an unapologetic Black queer woman of faith. Each essay draws from her lived experience as a bisexual, Baptist-ordained clergy navigating sacred tensions between healing, call, and pleasure. Through raw storytelling, womanist theological reflection, and a whole lot of spiritual clarity, Rev. Dr. L confronts religious shame and affirms embodied truth. This isn’t just a book...it’s a freedom offering. A sacred reckoning. A call to live out loud. Whether you’re a pastor or professor, skeptic or seeker, believer or in-between, Faithfully Free is your invitation to become your whole self, with no apologies. Includes a new bonus essay, “Liberated Pleasure Is Possible,” and reflection prompts for deeper personal or group exploration