Tools for a Deeply Connected Relationship

When two people commit to each other they do so believing their love is strong and want it to grow even stronger over time.  My dad used to call marriage a Mutual Admiration Society Read More...

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Need more joy? Take 5

Failure to take pleasure in the good things in life dishonors the gifts or accomplishments that deserve appreciation. It also dishonors your desire to know joy.
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When Love is a Breathtaking Vista

Have you ever had one of those moments when your heart is overwhelmed with joy? Like a flame, the feeling bursts from your center and spreads like a swelling wave across the rest of your body? Read More...

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Eros – the physical expression of extravagant love

Recently I sat in one of my favorite places on the planet – a place of such creative extravagance that it is impossible to not inhale the presence of God. Read More...

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The Spirit of Sanuk

I was recently in Thailand traveling with my son and his beloved. Like so many times during international travel, I was thrust into the rough edges of contrast between the culture I reside and this new culture. Read More...

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The Holy Erotic

I am sitting on the deck at my temporary Santa Barbara writer's retreat. The sun dances on my eyelids and fills my soul with warm light. Read More...

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Your Body ... the incarnation of you

I have this picture on my screen saver
right now - it speaks of joy, of the
celebration of life, of silliness, of the love of a grandfather for his grandson and of a little boy who adored his "Grand-poop". Read More...

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Eros and the Force of God Within

Years ago life presented me with the experience of online dating ... not an experience for the faint of heart ... yet from which I learned a ton, experienced even more ... and somewhere far down the rabbit hole, met my beloved. Read More...

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What is the story ... of your life ... of you?

A day bits and pieces - parts of a story ...
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SEX!!! EDUCATION???

A Reader Question:

What would a healthy sex education look like inside a truly Christian paradigm? How do we teach our kids about sexuality when we believe our bodies and our sexual desires are a gift from God?

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Stubborn Winters

I don't usually do winter gracefully - I get tired of being cold, I get tired of the gray, I get tired of the waiting ... and tho spring has always come in her time ... like a doubting Thomas, by late winter I always wonder will she leave us this year in our perpetual frozen Narnia? Read More...

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Relative Gratefulness

It's Spring Break and for the university academic that means time to catch your breath, finally get something done or both. This spring break for me, it is both. Read More...

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