Category: love

That Which Does Make You Stronger

Posted on November 15, 2017 by MJ

I had an interesting therapy experience yesterday. Jack is a very different therapist from my previous therapist. The gap is growing wider forming a gulf that is coming to represent their differences, and I’m missing my former therapist more and more. Alas, change is… Continue Reading “That Which Does Make You Stronger”

Category: encouragement, Healing, love, mental health, Moving Forward, Recovery, sex, sexless marriage, Sexual Abuse, therapy, traumaTags: life after divorce, relationships after divorce, sex after divorce, sexless marriage, sexual recovery after trauma, sexuality, therapy, trauma, Trust after Trauma

Clicker Training and Formula Faith

Posted on September 12, 2014 by MJ

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What I have wanted to discuss is the idea of feeling abandoned by God. I have certainly felt this way. For many people of faith, when something goes wrong in their lives, the first response is, “Why? Why did God let this happen?… Continue Reading “Clicker Training and Formula Faith”

Category: Christianity, dog training, encouragement, Evangelical church, Faith, God, Jesus, loveTags: Christianity, Faith, feeling abandoned by God, formula faith, God, Jesus, judgment in the church, performance-based Christianity, personal God, relational Christianity

Dangerous Religion

Posted on January 1, 2014 by MJ

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I think I’m going to be learning a lot from that brunch for weeks to come. Snippets of conversations overheard are replaying in my mind. There is a benefit to being viewed as a second-class citizen; no one pays attention to you, thus, you… Continue Reading “Dangerous Religion”

Category: Christianity, Evangelical church, Faith, God, intimacy, Jesus, loveTags: Christianity, fundamentalism, Gnosticism, God, Jesus, literalism in Bible reading, one anothers, relational Christianity, religious spirit

The Cult of The Virgin

Posted on October 30, 2013 by MJ

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I have got to get this off my chest. At this point, I don’t care if every person who reads this blog never reads it again. There comes a point when one can’t be silent anymore. I came across an article today while doing… Continue Reading “The Cult of The Virgin”

Category: Christianity, Evangelical church, God, Jesus, Judaism, love, sexTags: American Christian culture and sexuality, Christianity, emotional fornication, emotional purity, evangelicalism, God, Jesus, performance-based Christianity, sex, the cult of the virgin

What Does Love Look Like?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by MJ

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I had a discussion last night with a friend wherein she recounted a discussion she had with someone in her church. Her conversation was almost identical to myriad conversations I’ve had with well-meaning Christians throughout the years of my journey. One such conversation went… Continue Reading “What Does Love Look Like?”

Category: Christianity, Evangelical church, Faith, forgiveness, God, Healing, Jesus, love, Sexual Abuse, TruthTags: abuse, Christianity, cutting off a parent, denial vs. truth, evangelialism, Faith, forgiveness, God, Jesus, love, re-victimizing victims, sexual abuse