Learning to Dance with Desire
Can a wife’s solo masturbation be part of a healthy married sex life for a Christian couple? Let’s talk about whether solo masturbation is a sin, motives for masturbation, and signs that your solo masturbation might be a problem in your marriage.
Sometimes my old feelings resurface. Today I learned that just because my feelings are the same, that doesn’t mean that our marriage is the same.
Your husband makes a pretty simple request: “Can we do it doggy style?” “Let’s try this new vibrator I ordered!” “I’d like oral sex.” “Let’s …
What if we set God’s design as our deepest goal and desire for our marriages? What if we chose to believe that delight is possible? What if we prayed for God to help us find the intimacy and oneness He desires for us?
Are you ready to pursue delight in sex and to delight in the intimacy in your marriage?
Open your eyes during orgasm to experience deeper intimacy with your husband.
Even when sex isn’t possible, you can be intentional about maintaining emotional, spiritual, and emotional intimacy until you are able to have sex again.
Make a habit of intimacy in your marriage to acknowledge and strengthen your connection with each other.
I’ve spent some time this week beginning to do the hard work of taking steps to address my anxiety. I’ve spent a lot of time …
Nurturing the non-sexual intimacy in your marriage will help you inside and outside the bedroom. This post explains why.
I used to think intimacy was a code word for sex. The more I have experienced intimacy in our marriage, though, the more I realize …
While I take a little break, I am sharing some posts from my archives. I wrote this post last summer. I’ve frequently seen the advice …
Let’s stop with the advice to wives to just have sex already because “ten minutes and lube is all it takes.” Can we please invite wives to the sexual joy and intimacy they can have in their marriages?
I loved this picture the first time I saw it because the red umbrella in this picture makes me think of a good Christian marriage. …
Is reading sexually explicit romance novels good for your marriage? (Hint: the answer is no.) Is reading these books as bad as viewing porn? You deserve a marriage that has not been influenced by unrealistic expectations and arousal brought to you by fiction.
I’ve often said that I am on the same journey of healing our marriage as many of you are. That doesn’t mean that I …