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What’s Your Middle Name?
What words do you think of in regards to low libido or sexual interest? Ever thought about that? With the new year, I see questions everywhere asking, “Have you chosen a word?” or, “What’s your word this year?” (Back in 2012, Mike Ashcraft ,who preaches in...
I Love Laughter Leads to Sexual Interest
“Because he makes me laugh,” is one of the most common responses for why we fall in love. I love to laugh and wanted to laugh with my prat-falling, pun-meister, Dave, for the rest of our lives. I gasped, then laughed, the moment I first met Dave and he didn’t say a...
I Love “Friendship Closes Its Eyes”
The faults of our lover are invisible during the sweet juicy tingle of first love. It's not just denial. First love is completely oblivious to failings. It's a neurochemical thing. Give marriage a few years and faults blink like an annoying internet ad. Most...
I Love Learning to Pray for Sexual Intimacy
I would have rather slammed my pinky finger in the car door than to have talked about sex. The ‘talks’ my husband and I were having about sex, weren’t really ‘talks’ but anger fueled spats. We didn’t know how to have an actual conversation without it being...
I Love the Destination
I’m writing you from gate C6. I’m flying to meet my granddaughter for the very first time. I’d almost, almost, rather endure my yearly visit to the gyn, than get on this oversized bumblebee. Flying is not my favorite. This didn’t used to be the case. My...
I Love New Positions
Even though I’m a vanilla sex kinda girl, I am occasionally up for some variety. But, that’s not the kind of positioning I’m talking about here. I love when the light bulb goes off and you become aware of another way to approach your marriage bed conflict. ...
I Love God’s Glory in the Bedroom
There are seasons of Babylonian exile in marriage. The Lord’s presence seems far away. We yearn for comfort. Ezekiel is a prophet living among the exiles in Babylon. His message is from God to the exiled nation of Israel. Worshipping false gods has...