Rachel and John eagerly engaged in our premarital counseling sessions. As we waded through the battery of premarital inventories and family background, sex was next on our list. This couple, like many I have counseled, was sexually active prior to meeting each other. Although committed to abstinence this time around, past sexual activity has taken…

Infidelity is the cause of many marriage breakups and never has a good ending. It is not harmless as movies and TV shows often portrayed. When I wrote the chapter on Sex and Affection in my book, We Need to Talk, I referenced the infidelity site AshleyMadison.com. Doing the research for the book, I couldn’t…

I was reviewing a large study on the sexual attitudes of singles and I was surprised by how much shift has occurred regarding sexuality. And then I wasn’t surprised when I began to think about how media preach their nightly brand of  sexuality. In almost every case (I am struggling to find one story line…

When you think you’ve heard it all, you know you haven’t! Here is an App I never saw coming. It uses Bump Technology. If you’ve never heard of what it means to “bump” your smart phone, let me explain. Bump is an app for Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems. The technology allows two…

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