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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The ever-loaded premarital sex question …

Question from a reader:
Dear Tina,
I've read some of your material that discusses how the church’s teaching that sex outside of marriage is "bad" leads to violence. The Bible talks plenty about fornication and lust, etc. What exactly is your view on premarital sex and heavy petting when two single people are dating?
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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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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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America's Sexual Ethic

Silence ... just because it cannot be heard, does it have no effect? And ignorance ... no responsibility?

What is the guiding sexual ethic in our country? Read More...

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I hope you dance ...

I stood holding my daugther's hand tears streaming down my face and hers.
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Leash Life ... A Parenting Paradox

After a series of events I find myself on a ferry, hopping between island life and the mainland reflecting on parenting teenagers. Read More...

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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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Children learn what they LIVE

When I was a little girl we had a cloth wall hanging in our family room that I remember noticing every day. As I got older and could read, I would read it. Then as I grew to understand more I would read it and think about what it meant and how it related to my experience. 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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The Stretching Pain ... aka: launching children

Love, joy, excitement …
pain, worry, fear …
desire, longing, wishing …
missing
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