Safe Sex: Do You Feel Safe in Your Marriage?
Today I am going to take a different approach to the term safe sex. I want to look at the safety of sex in a monogamous marriage. Due to responses I have received from my blog on unmet expectations, I wanted to address safety in the marriage bed.
Here is a quote from one of the responses, “I cried myself... >Read More
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What if I Mess Up?
Losing in an Olympic event would be feel disappointing, to say the least. Losing due to a technicality, when you had the best time and were expected to win, would be even harder. Losing a gold medal because of a coach's mistake? Devastating.
That was exactly what Netherlands speed skater Sven Kramer faced at the 2010 Winter Olympics. As Kramer...... >Read More
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Unmet Expectations: Sex three times a week?
If you are married, you have experienced unmet expectations in your marriage. We all have, myself included. Expectations begin long before your wedding day.
When my husband and I were engaged I met up with a friend my parents’ age who had been married for 25 years. She was very enthusiastic. She told me they had a great marriage and... >Read More
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sexual differences
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The Ridiculousness of Forgiveness
A bomb is meant to bring death. A bomb is never meant to bring joy or happiness or strength.
A bomb is meant to kill. To destroy.
Bombs of various shapes and functions are killing innocents in Africa, damaging oil pipelines in British Columbia, delivering mayhem to cities across the planet. There’s little room for wavering about the...... >Read More
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What is the "unforgivable sin"?
Rev Dr Victor Shepherd, who has also been a pastor for several decades, describes some of his congregants’ fears about the "sin against the Holy Spirit", sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "unforgivable sin":
I have been a pastor for 27 years. In that time I have had scores of people huddle in my study and confess what they could... >Read More
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Love…Where Are You?
What is love? Is it definable? Is it a feeling? A passion?... >more
Hey Mom, Can We Talk?
Growing up my Dad always made a point of telling us that... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)