To Be Intimate
Or to put it another way: what happens when marriage comes to be defined by the promise of sex?
2001: A Sex Odyssey
Condoms were occasionally brought up with a scoff and a smirk. Believing that condoms were good for anything was credulity on par with believing the earth is flat.
Learning to Speak
Weekly we repeated the words. Gender is not the same as sex.
How the Church Talks
And you know what happens next? An adulterous Samaritan woman becomes history’s first recorded evangelist. Church, can we talk about that?
Purity
I think there is a divine vision at the root of “purity” that remains a potent challenge today: that apart from oneself, on the other end of every sexual encounter is another self equally as mysterious and indefinable as existence.
Terrified of the One-Eyed Snake
Peak Allison Janney right here, but with numerous parental triggers: “engorged,” “testicle retrieval,” “heinous bitch,” and of course, “Reginald’s quivering member.”
Just One
I know some churches are trying. “Singles group” is a thing. But really? That’s depressing on a good day, patronizing on a bad one.
God’s Orgasm
Why do we expect God to be sexually pure? As a woman, it’s fun to realize God and I have that in common.
If God is Love
Your body is not your enemy. And if you think it is, then treat it like an enemy: love it. Do good to it. Bless it. Pray for it.
The Sex Talk I Never Had
Could my parents have admitted they were too busy or uncomfortable to teach me? Yes.
Am I mad, bro? No.
