I recently read a blog post by Dan Brennan which I thought was very good. (Unfortunately, at the time of this writing I have not yet had a chance to read his book, “Sacred Unions, Sacred Passions” though it is high on my list.) I wanted to take the time to unpack my explanation of
Category: Gender, Relationships, and Sexuality
A Response to the Argument for Early Marriage
Yesterday I happened to run across the cover article for this month’s Christianity Today magazine. The title caught my attention a bit, so I decided to read it. The article supports a view point which I’ve ran across before. There seems to be two opposing camps on this issue, while most “average” people probably fall
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“Genuine intimacy is always life-giving—romantic or nonromantic. The “reciprocal communication of selves is the most humanizing and life-giving activity, and it is the lifeblood of friendship—whether it be friendship with God, the special friendship of marriage, or friendship with others.” http://danbrennan.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Choosing a Mate
(Note: my writing here has to do with my wrestling with what the reality of matter seems to be, not what I might think is an ideal.) A while back I was wondering how people choose who they want to marry. This may seem obvious, and of course there are the people who say, “You’ll
Singleness guide
There’s something that I’ve become acutely aware of here recently. As I’ve gone through my life and encountered different experiences, I’ve realize that a lot of things haven’t gone the way that I had been lead to expect they would. One of those areas is certainly the area of love and relationships (and/or lack thereof).
Relationships
It seems that recently both I and a large majority of my friends have been going through relational issues (in this case referring to romantic relationships). So soon I’m going to have to spark a discussion on this issue. First problem is that is seems to be somewhat of a touchy issue though, and one