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June 2020

June 17, 2020

Monogamy is Not For Everyone?

Much of the music available for our consumption portends an unmistakable truth: love is hell....

May 2020

May 27, 2020

Unrestricted Love: Let’s Stop Limiting Our Love

Throughout all stages of our life, we are taught a way to limit our love....

May 26, 2020

Love, Touch, Breath

Love Love is madness. It is chaos. It’s a cataclysmic collision that unfolds everything we...

May 14, 2020

Why Won’t You Wear a Mask?

In our societies, many of us look for ways to compare, contrast, compete and sometimes...

May 02, 2020

The Masks People Wear and What it Means: Psychology + Coronavirus

I don’t know about you, but I have been observing the lengths people will go...

April 2020

April 16, 2020

During a Crisis, We Must Ask: What Do I Believe?

During a crisis, one finds themselves questioning their beliefs—or at least I do. I question...

March 2020

March 31, 2020

The Corona Storm

Fear has taken over and it seems to have control—of our minds and our hearts....

March 20, 2020

Mountain of Malaise: A Radical Transformation During a Crisis

How does one even find the words to offer to an audience that has been...

March 15, 2020

Social Distancing & the Coronavirus: Will it Lead to Social Distance?

Worry can get the best of you and fear can overwhelm you and make you...

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus: Will it Lead to Compassion or Chaos?

Just in case you have been living in complete isolation (and are therefore probably safer...

March 10, 2020

We Are Called to Be Helpers, Not Heroes: Jesus is the Helper of the World

I believe we are called to be helpers, not heroes. I know many believe that...

March 10, 2020

Expose Evil by Exposing Love: Show Me What You’re FOR

No one needs to know what you are against. Jesus said that we would be...

March 08, 2020

Happy International Women’s Month or International Women’s Anger Month?

Now that Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the race, and everybody forgot that Tulsi Gabbard...

February 2020

February 21, 2020

A Review: Psychedelic Christianity by Jack Call

It’s rather serendipitous that on the same day that I was questioning my own meaning...

February 16, 2020

The Plant of Love: How Eroticism Grows

An excerpt from Enfleshed: Making Monogamous Relationships Real I worry about the state of our...

February 09, 2020

Phobic Philia: Evanescent Limerence and Death of Friendship

One of my greatest struggles with relating to another is knowing when, where, and how...

February 05, 2020

Dear God, Hear My Prayer

God, hear my prayer: I have been so distracted. I feel disconnected—from you and from...

February 03, 2020

The Erotic Epiphany: A Series Debut on Recorded Conversations

Erotic embodiment begins with exploring our anxieties and past trauma so that we can heal...

February 03, 2020

Super Stripper Poles

Apparently, I am a prude. But not just prudish, I am allegedly racist as well....

January 2020

January 17, 2020

Can Anybody Find Me Some Attention?

Everybody wants somebody else’s attention because everybody wants somebody to love. If that isn’t more...

January 08, 2020

Twitter Wars: The Trolling Commonality of Hidden Fears

For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not...

January 03, 2020

War: Knowing the Difference Between the Kingdom and the World

I saw a post today. And I felt compelled to respond. Normally, I wouldn’t, because...

January 02, 2020

Make Moments that Matter: Connection and Intimacy

When I was little, every morning was unknown territory for me. I never knew which...

December 2019

December 24, 2019

Love Lives Here: How Gratitude Counters Complaint

Are you still grateful? There is a lot of shit going on in the world....

December 20, 2019

Merry Christmas— Trump is Your Gift

I am going to see Trump as a gift in this instance and put some...

December 20, 2019

See the Beauty with Alexander Shaia: Collaborative and Creative Beauty

What if what we define as “beauty” is specifically catered to our unique perspective alone?...

December 19, 2019

New Year’s Resolution: Let Others have their Resolutions

For many years now, I have contemptuously voiced my disdain for New Year’s Resolutions. I...

December 17, 2019

See the Beauty with Alexander Shaia: Appreciative Beauty

Beauty is everywhere and evident to the naked eye, yet we seek out beauty through...

December 11, 2019

Greet December Doubt with Warming Faith

December seems to be filled with not only brutally cold temperatures, but brutally cold self-doubt....

December 08, 2019

The Sermons Need Sex

I hear a lot of people talking about the need to save the church and...