Sleek and chic, classy pieces with new daring combinations characterize this season’s report. Sophistication prevails in this glamorous fall and winter look of 2011! The influence of decades past makes the old classics new again. A flashback to the 50s brings us sophisticated Hollywood elegance. Perfectly finished from head to toe, this look...... >Read More

Tags: bold colors, clothes, Culture, dresses, Fall 2011, fashion, style, Women, World

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I'm going to start with something really basic. Men want to be wanted. They don't want to be placated.  So when it comes to intimacy, we women need to step up to the plate a little bit more. You may think you're meeting his needs because you're making love a few times a week, but he won't feel loved... >Read More

Tags: communication, husband, improving your marriage, intimacy, marriage, relationships, romance, Romance & Sex, sex, sex and love, sexual intimacy, sexual problems, wife, Women

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Whether our sexuality was stolen from us or we gave it away, we experience a loss. But unfortunately many of us don’t allow ourselves to grieve those losses. Psychologists tell us that there are five stages of grieving; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Writing out our life map begins to move us beyond denial to truth....... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, healing, hope, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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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 impossible for us to... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, faith, healing, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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When we let God show us how our past has hurt us, He’s able to heal our brokenness. But the first step and often the hardest is acknowledging what’s happened to us. One way to help see your own story is to write your life map.  Divide your life into four segments based on years: 0-12 yrs, 13-19 yrs, 20-30... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, healing, hope, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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The bonding of sex is not only physical, but also spiritual, emotional and mental which includes the chemical and hormonal bonding that happens. Although we’d like to believe that breaking up and moving on severs that bond, in truth, only God can sever the ‘one flesh’ bond He’s created through sex. 1.  Ask God to bring to mind everyone...... >Read More

Tags: challenges & conflicts, healing, hope, intimacy, Life Issues, rape, romance, Romance & Sex, Self, sex, sex and love, sexual abuse, sexual healing, sexual intimacy, sexual past, sexual problems, trauma, Women

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I have a story. It started long ago ... although it doesn't feel so long ago. You have one too. If yours is anything like mine, it's full of triumph and tragedy, love and rejection, victory and defeat. It's likely been a bumpy road. But my story is real, and so it matters. So does yours. As we live out... >Read More

Tags: campus, faith, LIFE, meaning, Men, mystory, purpose, story, triumph, Women

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