Okay, that’s a really corny title, but I’ve been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, “Do not awaken love until it is ready.” I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all. Several routes to this [...]

Publishers’ note:  This article was originally published Spring 2010, that will be evident in the details here, however due to the important nature of timeless truth this is being published here for our readers again. I love the Ontario Catholic School Boards. We all owe them a debt of gratitude, whether we’re Catholic or not. [...]

Has love betrayed you? There is hope. “Why was it so hard to resist sex before marriage, but now in marriage, resisting is all I do?” “Why do I love my husband, but don’t want to make love?” “Why was sex so good before marriage when I shouldn’t have been having it, but now that [...]

When we’ve been used or abused with sex, it damages our view of sex, ourselves, others and God. Part of the healing process will be seeing ourselves and sex from God’s perspective. God made sex. And He made it good, pure and pleasurable. But when sex has been a source of pain and wounding, it’s [...]

Does God care about your love life? First comes love…or sex? “First comes love, then comes marriage, then here they come with a baby carriage.” You may recognize this little rhythm my generation used to sing to embarrass each other.  Based on today’s culture the rhythm could go: “First comes sex, then comes living together, [...]

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The Effects of Porn on Marriage

Will porn spice up your sex life? The short answer is no. Watching porn with your spouse will only make it difficult to be aroused by him or her. Sex starts to be about the images you’ve seen. Even if you’re physically present, you’re not really “making love.” Relationship expert Sheila Wray Gregoire says couples [...]