Uncovered

Christians don’t talk about sex enough. And when they do, it tends to come across as sermonizing. Teens who spend any amount of time in Sunday school or youth group settings are, almost without question, familiar with phrases like “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit,” “True love waits,” or “Save yourself for marriage.” It’s not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with mantras like these, but young Christians need more.

Julia Pearson, author of Uncovered, True Stories of Sex, God, and Grace, offers a remedy to this problem. In their role as YoungLife leaders for the past decade, she and her husband Jeff noticed a gaping hole in their teens’ views on sex. As the book’s website puts it, “Through the power of media, young people know a lot about lust but very little about true love.” Julia realized that the solution to this imbalance was for Christian adults to start being open and vulnerable about sex.

The idea behind the book is simple: share real stories written by real people about the decisions they made regarding sex before marriage. Julia compiles thirty such accounts, all anonymous (aside from her own), all different, and all refreshingly candid. As the back cover states, “Some followed God’s plan; some did not. All found grace.”

Uncovered stands out from other teen-targeted books about sex because it isn’t a list of dos and don’ts, it doesn’t avoid the really hard stuff, and it doesn’t offer just one perspective. Not every story will speak to every reader, but there truly is something in here for everyone, especially young Christians who find themselves unsatisfied by the messages–or lack thereof–they’ve received from the church about sex.

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