Intimacy
Backstory
Does life have a backstory? There are seven billion people in the world. Seven billion stories. And yet there are themes in our stories that are universal: betrayal, love, romance, redemption, sacrifice. The question—and it’s a really big question—is if there’s a larger story or narrative to which all our stories relate, one that...
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Emotional Abandonment: Bridging the Gap
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Childhood Sexual Abuse: How the past affects the present Rough estimates put one in three girls and one in six...
What could be more romantic than receiving a love letter? A good old fashioned, hand-written love letter is still one of the best Valentines around, but don't just save it for February. A love letter is a powerful expression any day of the year. You don't have to be Shakespeare to write the perfect love letter. All you need to know is how you...
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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 disastrous awakening exist. The first is obvious:...
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In today’s “anything goes” culture what are the parameters for good sex between a Christian husband and wife? Are there some things that are off limits? What about sex toys? Do they have a place in a Christian marriage? How do you know if a sexual act is wrong between a husband and wife? These are common and important questions. God...
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I recently heard from a man struggling with the sexual past of a new love in his life. As a widower, his only sexual partner had been his wife. But his new friend had many, including a couple husbands and several boyfriends. According to him everything about her was perfect except this one thing. He wanted to move the relationship forward, but didn’t...
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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, and the baby carriage could happen anytime or...
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Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants. The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...
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"What marked your life last week? What did you struggle through late at night?" In the second video in this series, Erwin McManus talks about our souls' craving for destiny. We all long for a life that means something, a life that matters. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb8Y1mRxb2k&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Have you ever felt that God has...
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