A Failure to Thrive ... marriage in the 21st century

Waiting for my flight I check my email, “Tina, Duane and I need to come in to see you ASAP.  I found out he has been communicating with another woman and has had drinks with her a couple of times.  I suspect more …” Read More...

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Barely Touched - Sexuality and the Single Christian Adult

“I have nowhere to turn and I have myself all jumbled up inside.” Before me sat a 28 year old Christian woman who had been in a wonderful loving relationship for about a year Read More...

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Will the real Christian please stand up? A Conversation of Sex and Religion

Question: Okay Tina, I thought of you when I saw this on the daily show (am I going to think of you now every time I see something about sex?) 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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Beloved Sex - A New Covenant Sexual Life

A Blog Series - God’s Hope in the Gift of Sexual Desire and Sexual Expression
Blog Seven of Eight

This is the seventh in a series of eight blogs which share powerful SEX POSITIVE Read More...

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Desire – Can We Be Trusted?

You do not have to be afraid of emotions for Eros is the true healer. You only need to cultivate the passions that bind you to others and to the living world.
-Carl Jung
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Sex Shame and the Church - The Eclipse of God's Gift

Blog Series - God’s Hope in the Gift of Sexual Desire and Sexual Expression

Blog One of Eight
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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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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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Desire … is it of God?

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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