This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about two kinds of love. (If you go back to read the other posts, start from the bottom. They are in reverse order.) This is a process blog. In this case, that means I’m writing about constrained love in an effort to write my own way… Continue reading A Tale of Two Loves (Part 5): A Love that Breaks
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about two kinds of love. (If you go back to read the other posts, start from the bottom. They are in reverse order.) This is a process blog. In this case, that means I’m writing about constrained love in an effort to write my own… Continue reading A Tale of Two Loves (Part 4): The Ghost in the Gap
This is the third in a series of blog posts about two kinds of love, A Tale of Two Loves. (If you go back to read the other posts, start from the bottom. They are in reverse order.) This is a process blog. In this case, that means I’m writing about constrained love in an… Continue reading A Tale of Two Loves (Part 3): Hope May the Hardest Thing I Know
I started blogging regularly back in January of this year because I was hot under the collar about how we in the church approach sex. (Not THAT kind of hot under the collar. Or not ONLY that kind. Yeesh.) As I’ve wandered my way blindly stumbling to the unnamed core of what really unsettled me,… Continue reading A Tale of Two Loves (Part 1): Constrained Love
It’s been awhile since I’ve stopped telling people I’m “religious.” More recently, I began to simply respond that I love Jesus when someone asks if I’m a Christian. If another self-identified Christian starts talking enthusiastically about their church activities or their theological beliefs, I try to steer the conversation away from programs and precepts and… Continue reading Why I’m Not Religious
A few weeks ago, I took an all-day train and boat trip to see some Orcas in the wild. (Side note: sometimes I read the sentences I’ve written about my life and I have trouble believing how magical it is. I love Alaska.) When I wasn’t gawking at the scenery going by (mountains, glaciers, moose,… Continue reading Forgiveness: The Story We Tell Ourselves
My quest to find the sweet spot in sex is not the only place I’m doing what I’m doing. In fact, it’s informed by other areas of my life where I’ve experienced the lifechanging power of the presence of God. A lot of what I’m doing for myself (and trying to make transparent to you,… Continue reading Under His Voice: Obedience Beyond the Law
I got an email this week that started, “I have a friend who wants out of her marriage, or for him to shape up, but feels like as a Christian she has no option for divorce…” I get these questions a lot. As this same friend put it, “Being open and honest must get you… Continue reading You Asked, I Deliver: Some Advice About Divorce
This is the final (!) episode of a six-part story. To read the rest of the series, go to Waking Desire. (The posts in the story are listed from newest to oldest. I'm working on fixing that when I have patience to wrestle with WordPress.) Also, I'm still working on my sexier posts. Right now… Continue reading Waking Desire (Part 6): Love
(This is part five of a story. To read the rest of the series, go to Waking Desire. The posts in the story are listed from newest to oldest. I'm working on fixing that. When I have patience to wrestle with WordPress. In the meantime... back to Emmy and her lumberjack Viking.) The walks with… Continue reading Waking Desire (Part 5): Unravelling