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December 2021

December 23, 2021

For 2022: Change the Channel from Fear to Love

In the last 2 years, individuals across the country have shared theories about what is...

November 2021

November 11, 2021

Empathy Erasure: The Remedy is Curiosity

Would you rather listen than read? Click here to listen to the audio version...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

Love is the Antidote

May has been mayhem for me. On Mother’s Day weekend, I suffered a physical injury...

April 2021

April 11, 2021

Are We Seeking Validation by Tolerating Toxic Relationships?

People will always find ways to validate and justify their choices and actions, even if...

March 2021

March 06, 2021

Attack on the Erotic: Cancel Culture and its Conflict with Godly Coitus

I have a social media “friend” who has been tagging me in many nutty videos...

January 2021

January 12, 2021

No Love? Let Us Remember that We Know Love

What do we “do” about Trump voters and supporters? What should be done about all...

January 07, 2021

Dear Trump-Hating Christians: Do You Want to Understand, Really?

I recently heard someone describe Jesus as the “humiliated savior.” I quickly thought about how,...

January 07, 2021

The Pressure of the Protest: Friendships Can Withstand Disagreement

My friend was in D.C. for the rally. I had been watching the protests on...

December 2020

December 28, 2020

Bridgerton and Best Friends

I started watching the new Netflix series “Bridgerton.” Let it be known that I become...

December 20, 2020

There are 2 Types of People in the World: Nicodemus & Jesus

The memes that float around that claim there are “two types of people” are the...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Post Purity Practices: How We Can Embody Eroticism

It’s easy to diminish and insult problematic prescriptions found in the various beliefs and practices...

November 13, 2020

Sex is More Than a Game

I was recently working with a client who sought out a way to better understand...

November 02, 2020

Transformation How To: Erotic Embodiment

I do believe the nature of God is sexual. I believe the erotic component of...

October 2020

October 22, 2020

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Remember that really groovy song from back in the day, “What’s Love Got To...

October 02, 2020

All Means All—Even Trump

Dear Progressive Christians, deconstructed Christians, post-Christians, and all the rest of you that still identify...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Free to Love or Free to Fear

For a brief moment, I thought I was free from insecurity. For a brief time,...

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...

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...

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...

November 2019

November 03, 2019

Misunderstood but Ever-Understanding: Knowing the Other

Sometimes, it seems as if no one can hear you. It’s as if your voice...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

Love is Not So Simple: Erotic Education Part I

Mankind has never at all understood the power of love. What we think we know...

August 2019

August 14, 2019

Frequency Frustration: Why the Finickiness of Frequency Resembles Supremacy

There’s a lot of problematic advice being given out by well-meaning counselors, coaches, and writers,...