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(ChurchLeaders) Dr. Gregory Coles is writer, speaker, and academic researcher who has done important work in the field of rhetorics of marginality, focusing on the impact of language on marginalized groups. He is part of the collaborative leadership team at the The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender and the author of several books, including Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity, and his latest, No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation. When he isn’t writing or speaking, Greg can usually be found playing piano at a local church, dabbling in songwriting, jogging, or baking homemade granola.