Reece Manley
He says the God he observed in the place he called heaven during his near-death experience was a God of acceptance.
He said his near-death experience taught him that God embraces gay people.
Manley was brought up as an evangelical Christian.
He said his near-death experience taught him that God embraces gay people.
Manley was brought up as an evangelical Christian.
Manley said he has had personal experience with a religion that taught him fear.
"Spiritual abuse is real," Manley said, adding, "I show people different ways to express spirituality."
As a pastoral counselor, Manley worked with people who were raised in what he describes as religions based on fear.
Near-death experience altered local Christian writer's beliefs
"Spiritual abuse is real," Manley said, adding, "I show people different ways to express spirituality."
As a pastoral counselor, Manley worked with people who were raised in what he describes as religions based on fear.
Near-death experience altered local Christian writer's beliefs
Dr Reece Manley
Reece Manley's childhood involved "incest survival, beatings and repeated rape."
Reece was brought up in Anton, in Texas.
His parents divorced; he was raised by his maternal grandparents.
As a child, Reece considered himself to be gay.
Reece's mother's brother, Uncle Tom, had cystic fibrosis.
Uncle Tom repeatedly 'raped' Reece, while Reece was aged seven to twelve.
Uncle Tom told Reece that if Reece told anyone, Reece would go to hell and be thrown away by his family.
Reece doesn't believe that the incest caused him to be gay.
Most homophobes are subconsciously gay.
Reece studied psychology at Texas Tech University.
Reece became a youth minister for three different churches including the United Methodist Church. When he came out as a gay man, he was asked to leave the church
Reece got a job at the Texas Youth Commission and worked with juvenile sex offenders, of which all, he said, had been sexually abused themselves.
Reece received a Doctorate of Divinity from the American Institute of Holistic Theology in 2001.
He "began counseling clients from a more spiritual perspective."
Reece had health problems.
He had grown to 420 pounds.
He had grown to 420 pounds.
As a result of failed surgery he suffered constant pain.
Reece became a cocaine addict.
In 2007, Reece said his last goodbyes to family members, had a few drinks and drove over an embankment.
Reece believes the 'grace of an angel' intervened and saved him.
Six months later, he was in hospital on an ventilator and had a near death experience.
Six months later, he was in hospital on an ventilator and had a near death experience.
He says his deceased grandmother came to see him and told him it was not his time yet.
An Ode to Reece Manley (1/14/69 – 2/3/11) - Renee Baker, Ph.D., LMT
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