It Happens Everywhere
TAKEN I can still remember the taste of bitter disbelief lingering in my mouth when I found out that stories like Taken [the movie] actually happen. I mean, I knew that girls in rural South-East Asia would be ‘bought’ off…
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Fighting to Be a Man of Purity
GOING THROUGH SHAME TO GET TO GOD I remember the first time I masturbated. I was on a school trip to Germany, sharing a testosterone-charged room with my peers. We were all competing to prove that we were making it…
Embracing My Heart, My Feelings, My Desires
THE AUTHOR OF MY HEART Most of my life, I have attempted to control, stifle, and sometimes completely disown my desires. Unfortunately, when dealing with sexual desire and longing for intimacy, I was unaware that they could be expressed in…
Same Sex Attraction
A HISTORY OF THE SEXUAL WORLD The subject of gender identification has become a hot topic over the last 20 years or so. However, same gender sexual experiences have been around almost as long as humans have. Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was…
Communication Heals Relationships
I’M NOT PERFECT, BUT I’LL BE THE BEST ME I CAN BE In my first relationship, we were both young and had few tools for communicating our feelings and needs. I would make jokes with her like I would with…
Rebuilding a Relationship
PUTTING THINGS INTO REVERSE About three and a half years ago, a sequence of events began that would ultimately change my life forever. About that time, I was living with my girlfriend who, in all honesty, I hooked up with in…
From Lonely to Loved
RAW, REAL, RADICAL GRACE When I was 18 years old, I completely compromised my sexual purity in exchange for what felt like acceptance. It was a reality I had never experienced before, but one my heart had hungered after my…
The Big Brain Theory
NATURE VS. NURTURE In a world where people who identify as LGBT we are surrounded by all sorts of media carnage and it’s hard to pick the meat from the bones. Scientists have not found evidence that people were born…
Sitting With Jess
“I SAT DOWN WITH JESS AT A TABLE…” It was the same table we sat at on every break. She wore a smug look of exhaustion as I started talking about what happened on my weekend. I started describing this…
Getting Real About Pornography
FASTING AND PRAYER? NOT MY SOLUTION I fasted and prayed for twelve years, hoping that somehow the Lord would keep me from looking at porn. I wanted Him to keep me from being tempted. That didn’t quite happen. I would have…