When Sex Doesn't Feel Sexy
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When Sex Doesn't Feel Sexy

When we were newlyweds, I often used to wonder, “How much sex should a married couple be having?”

“What is average? What is normal?” The answer I’ve come to recognize is simply, “More.”

But in saying that, if you are like many others, you may feel like sex just doesn’t feel sexy anymore. Here are a 5 common misconceptions and struggles that may be interfering with your SEX LIFE.

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Dude, You're Not Going To Die
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Dude, You're Not Going To Die

There is often an expectation that all sexual needs and desires will be completely met once you are married to “the one”. Sorry to break it to you, bro, but, it’s just not true.

We, as husbands, will have to deny ourselves in order to serve our wives. This will apply to many aspects of the relationship. Guaranteed, it will affect the sexual dimension.

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Dear Church: On the Topic of Abortion - It's Not So Simple.
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Dear Church: On the Topic of Abortion - It's Not So Simple.

We can’t go after the issue of abortion and not be willing to confront the engine that is spinning the gears on the whole conveyor belt. If we’re going to actually help women, we have to go way further back and way deeper down.

And what you find there, Church, is going to inconvenience you far more than you may realize. If we actually care about human dignity and see value in all life, we’re going to have to prove it.

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The Vulnerability of Being a Woman
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The Vulnerability of Being a Woman

You may be tempted to resist your very identity in order to not face such a vulnerable existence. If you have been hurt or disappointed, you may wish that you were tougher and that you could perpetually "shake it off", but it never works out quite the way we imagined it would. On paper our Canadian women are doing great. We have increasing access to scholarships and job promotions, sports achievement, and involvement in projects and causes. Yet, we are among the mass population of women who are self-medicating.

But it does not have to stay this way.

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Hungry for Love
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Hungry for Love

Just like physical hunger, we have a real need to be filled. We long to be reminded of our identity and value - who we are on the inside. A family and community can certainly fill some of our needs, but no one on earth can handle the full weight and pressure of another human heart.

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Secrets to Finding a Mentor
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Secrets to Finding a Mentor

Most people wrestle between two urges - the urge to be a mature, strong-minded individuals and the urge to be connected, protected and invested in.

Maybe we can be both.

Maybe we can grow to be individualized, yet still connected, like the cells in your body. True to self, yet committed to and reliant on others.

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