the name above all other names.
watched this clip this morning via my good friend megan 'pacifier' donald and found it really simple yet powerfully profound... by movingworks.org
grab life by the.
a few years ago i visited new york with a good buddy of mine, justin paton, and one of the touristy things we came across was the Charging Bull, a 3,200-kg (7,100 lb) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that stands Wall Street in Manhattan. being a touristy symbol, we had to wait a fair amount of time to get a picture with it and so naturally when we did i had to be a [...]
Taboo Topics: Singleness [Intro]
SINGLENESS is a topic that usually does not get addressed well, if at all. There was a time when particularly within the catholic church the focus was on singleness as the way to have reached it - nuns and monks and the gift of celibacy were the way to go and being single meant you were seen as more spiritual and closer to God and there were bible passages that could be used to 'back [...]
psalmthing to chew on: psalm 42
this is a great psalm altho to be honest for some reason every time i read the line "as the deer pants" it makes me think of crocodile pants [i have no idea why the crocodile pants, maybe cos of crocodile boots or something] and so i get distracted by then thinking of these pants made out of deer and i have to slap myself in the head to refocus and start all over again... [...]
Taboo Topics: Abortion [intro]
the purpose of Taboo Topics is dealing with some life issues that affect a lot of people but that are rarely if ever spoken about or into... and this topic, ABORTION, must be one of the hugest of those... what to a lot of people might seem like a black and white, right or wrong kind of topic suddenly becomes a lot more tricky and entangled when you talk about decisions that have to be [...]
Taboo Topics: Abortion – meet Dani
I read the post from the friend of yours who is still in so much pain over losing her baby and it made me feel so much less alone. She puts into words so much of how i'm feeling. Words that I haven't had for the last 7 months. I had an abortion. I never thought those words would apply to me. But they do. I desperately wanted my baby. But the doctors told me [...]
Taboo Topics: Pornography/Masturbation – meet Catherine Rogers
i want to take a moment to honor Catherine on this and am so super amped that she shared this story and know it has taken A LOT for her to do so - but both pornography and especially masturbation have largely been seen as a guy issue for so long and it was at a summer camp a bunch of years ago that i really got to see the depth of the problem and [...]
Love Jesus and… grow a brain!
"the Bible says so!" end to an argument for a lot of people [who won't necessarily give you a book, chapter and verse to make it easier on you but are pretty convinced in their heads that because they think something is true then surely the Bible must say so] about a week ago i got involved in a 'discussion' on the 'book [the less quotable one] where a pastor had posted a statement made [...]
Taboo Topics: Pornography/Masturbation – meet Steve Heineman
Firstly, I want to thank Brett for giving me a podium and his trust. Secondly, I want to thank you for your courage to read anything about the struggles people face with porn and masturbation. This is not a really short story, but perhaps it is a familiar one. I pray that it is as helpful to you to read it as it was for me to write it. I was introduced to masturbation before [...]
Taboo Topics: Pornography and Masturbation [Intro]
the next topic that i will be dealing with [and starting with my own story] is that of PORNOGRAPHY and MASTURBATION which are often closely linked together. the idea of Taboo Topics is to take a topic that is very real [and often raw and painful, perhaps embarrassing or just difficult to speak about] but which no one, for various reasons, is speaking a lot about and to invite people who have had experience in [...]