Freedom to Be Authentically YOU

As I sat on my grandparents’ couch as a child, I distinctly remember that icky feeling of plastic on my legs. I think we all have a memory of the layer of vinyl that coats a decade-old couch as it slowly perishes beneath it, but if you’d like my opinion on this practice, I’ll condense…

Can You Use Protection When You Are Married?

Question: Can you use protection when you are married? Isn’t it crazy to think about how a new human life could have been brought about asexually like a strawberry or yeast. It could have been designed sexually, but not unitively like guppies or even brought about by some sort of lifelong partner without the total…

The Problem with “Champ” Culture

As guys, we’ve all seen this situation break down one way or another.  You’re all in the locker room. It’s probably a Monday, for the sake of the story. A teammate comes up and starts spilling the beans to the entire team about a hookup he had (or at least purports he had) over the…

Learning to Trust God

Like most people, or at least most type-A people, I have always had a plan for how I wanted my life to look. It involved graduating from college in four years, and going straight in to grad school for my doctorate in fill in the blank degree. It’s safe to say that this “plan” I…

Stop Being so Hard on Yourself

I was recently driving in a car with a friend when they complimented me on a recent success of mine. I immediately started making excuses of how it wasn’t that great, how I had so much help, and how I shouldn’t get any credit.  I realized, why am I doing this? Why am I able…

“What Are We?”

Have you ever found yourself questioning where you stand with someone? Now I don’t mean whether or not you’re on good terms with this person. I’m referring to the age old questions that have molded dating culture to what it is today. Are we just friends? Are we more than friends? Are we “talking” now…

To Love At All is to be Vulnerable

“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” -CS Lewis Why is it so easy to hold onto anxiety, fear and doubt?  For me, it is so much easier to hold onto the anxiety instead of speaking up my needs and asking for someone to hear me out. It is so much easier because vulnerability…

Healing from Breakups: A Practical Guide

Dating relationships can only end in two ways: getting married or breaking up. Perhaps you’ve recently found yourself experiencing the latter. How can we deal with breakups and take the time to truly heal? Whether you’ve been the dumper or dumpee, in the end there will always be disappointment. Praise God for the hope and…