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Luke Simmons Luke Simmons

Love, Sex and Intimacy

While we hope holiday’s like Valentine’s Day, anniversaries & those special days of the year are an intimate touch point for married couples, the reality for many is that these days often raise some difficult questions. Sometimes these moments raise challenges about the quality & quantity of a couple’s intimate experiences. We can find ourselves asking, ‘How can we make this better?’

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Seth Troutt Seth Troutt

Love: Marketing and Novelty

Is ‘love’ overblown, oversold? Did the marketing engines just get to us & convince us that anniversaries & Valentine’s Day was something important? Should we just abstain, not participate, because it’s not pure, authentic & spontaneous? Or do these types of holidays matter?

In this week’s installment of ‘On Topic: Love’, we discuss whether we go too high, or too low, in our view of love on these culturally highlighted dates.

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Seth Troutt Seth Troutt

The Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed is the Christian Church’s first unified statement of belief in history. What is the Creed and why is it important?

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On the Topic of: Cherie Wagner On the Topic of: Cherie Wagner

Finding Gratitude in the Midst of Suffering

It goes without saying that these past few years have been hard…really hard. Life in general is hard, and in the midst of challenging and difficult circumstances, it can seem impossible to find things for which to be grateful.

I think we all know ‘in theory’ that there is always something to be grateful for, but when we are suffering, we tend to be laser-focused on our pain.

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