Brothers Sune and Andreas Gylling Æbelø have written the book The Prodigal Sons about growing up as homosexuals under the sharp eye of the mission in the West Jutland Bible Belt.
About guilt and shame over not fitting in, failure and attempts at so-called healing by Christian institutions and authorities who consider love between men a sin.
It is also a book about salvation, liberation and reconciliation. About carrying around a secret, finding each other as brothers, following your heart and getting to know yourself and your faith.
Sune Gylling Æbelø is chief advisor and speechwriter at Agriculture & Food.
Andreas Gylling Æbelø is an independent management consultant and former director of the AIDS Foundation.
About Opinion, Faith & Ethics
On a series of Wednesdays in Eliaskirken from January to May and from September to November, under the title Opinion, Faith & Ethics, you can experience debaters, theologians, writers, politicians, historians, artists and ordinary people with personal stories unfolding on topics that affect faith, ethics and society.
We will begin with a short church service at 4 p.m. After that there will be coffee and a nice get-together. The lecture will begin at 5 p.m.
With William Salicath. The event will be in Danish.
Photo: Nicolau Lorenzen, Ritzau, Scanpic