This is a question that landed in my inbox a while ago, and I wrote back a quick answer. But re-reading through emails, I decided I wanted to tackle the question of Song of Solomon here. Because I suspect many of you, especially women, have wondered how a rampant polygamist seems to be the Bible’s […]
Q&A with J: How Is Solomon the Expert on Marital Love? Read More »
After writing what turned out to be a controversial post on faith and sexless marriage, I spent a lot of this weekend thinking about my next Q&A post, which I would like to be about practical steps you can take to address a sexless marriage. In preparation, I Googled that subject and found various posts
Is the Church Failing Sexless Marriages? Read More »
Today isn’t one reader’s specific question, but rather a topic that comes up from time to time among people who comment here or email me. Below is a fictional, composite version of the query: Sex has always been in an issue in my marriage, with my spouse rarely if ever wanting to make love in
Q&A with J: “My Sexless Marriage Is Making Me Lose My Faith in God” Read More »
This past week, protests in Charlottesville, Virginia quickly became violent, and a young woman was run over and killed. In Barcelona, Spain, fourteen died when an Islamist militant plowed his vehicle into a crowd; a hundred more were injured. In some regions in the world, starvation is still a real possibility. And disease, civil war,
Isn’t Praying about Sex Kind of Selfish? Read More »
My inbox is filled with questions from spouses telling me about their hardships regarding sexual intimacy in their marriage. I have maybe 100 such emails, and I often feel bad that I cannot get to each and every one. I imagine these individuals finally, painfully telling the details of their concerns and hoping to find some answer
Q&A with J: “Our Marriage Bed is a Mess” Part 1 Read More »
