Questions about Sex, God and Snowboarding

Sometimes I think odd thoughts.  Today I was thinking about how my son loves snowboarding.  It is the same passion and desire I had as a figure skater. Remembering that love ...Read More

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Embracing Our Sexuality

I was recently interviewed by Jennifer Bostrom for the blog spuchablog.wordpress.com - a blog for Campus Housing at Seattle Pacific University. The interview centered around how to cultivate a healthy sexuality integrating sexual beliefs/expression with a Christian faith. Here is the interview:
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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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How the Teachings of Sexual Purity Leads to Violence

"Tina, I don't know what to do. I'm supposed to be in the honeymoon phase of my marriage ... and we are both sexually miserable." Tears began to flow down her cheeks. Read More...

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Taken Hostage ... musings by Parker Palmer

A week or so ago I basked on my favorite spot on Orcas Island ... a spot I have visited most years since I was 4. It was over 90 degrees (it is never that hot!) and I was sitting on the edge of Cascade Lake listening to the sound of life's laughter ...Read More...

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Women, Mom's and Oxygen Masks

Sitting on the plane waiting to push off for a 9 hour flight, I watch the automated “safety instructions” on the video screen. Today the language is German and the figure demonstrating what to do is a handsome avatar. Read More...

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Shame and Sex in America

Here is a question I received from a reader:
"When I look at culture in this country, I see a lot of shame, shame that is attached to sexuality in a fear-based and pathologizing fashion that doesn't seem to be as present in other cultures in the same way. Read More...

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