Entries from March 13, 2005 - March 19, 2005
spring break 2005
okay, yeah, so i'm not involved in school in any way. but "march vacation 2005" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
tomorrow afternoon begins the long-awaited journey to boston with some very good friends. updateageness will be scarce between the visiting and the exploring and the eating and the sleeping.
have a lovely, lovely week, faithful readers.
tomorrow afternoon begins the long-awaited journey to boston with some very good friends. updateageness will be scarce between the visiting and the exploring and the eating and the sleeping.
have a lovely, lovely week, faithful readers.
mdog
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real sex
caught your attention, eh?
"SEX.
Splashed across magazine covers, billboards, and computer screens-sex
is thrilling, necessary, unavoidable. And everybody's doing it, right?
In Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, Lauren Winner speaks
candidly to single Christians about the difficulty — and the importance
— of sexual chastity. With nuance and wit, she talks about her own
sexual journey. Never dodging tough terms like "confession" and "sin,"
she grounds her discussion of chastity first and foremost in scripture.
She confronts cultural lies about sex and challenges how we talk about
sex in church (newsflash: however wrong it is, premarital sex can feel
liberating and enjoyable!). Building on the thought of Wendell Berry,
she argues that sex is communal rather than private, personal rather
than public.
Refusing to slink away from sticky topics, Winner deftly addresses pornography, masturbation, and the perennial question of "how far is too far?" Rather than mindlessly beating the drum of "virginity," Winner reaches for fresh and meaningful questions: How can I love my neighbor? How does my sexual behavior form habits and expectations? With compassion and grit, she calls Christians, both married and single, to pursue chastity as conversion and amendment of life."
- blurb taken from burnside writers collective
Refusing to slink away from sticky topics, Winner deftly addresses pornography, masturbation, and the perennial question of "how far is too far?" Rather than mindlessly beating the drum of "virginity," Winner reaches for fresh and meaningful questions: How can I love my neighbor? How does my sexual behavior form habits and expectations? With compassion and grit, she calls Christians, both married and single, to pursue chastity as conversion and amendment of life."
- blurb taken from burnside writers collective
i enjoyed her previous book, girl meets god, in which she recounted her journey from orthodox judaism to christianity. i expect much of the same sharp writing in this presumably frank book [of which there are supposedly nine left at overstock at the time of this entry]. should be an interesting read.
why are we as believers so afraid to talk openly about sex [myself included here]? i DARE you to comment about sex, and/or the lack of dialogue about it in christian circles, on my blog.
*gasp*
