romance novels and Christianity

What Romance Writers Teach Me About Sex

August 8, 2015 / Sexual Intimacy Encouragement / 3 Comments

I live a weird life. Ask me about my profession, and I’ll answer that I’m a writer. But what I write gets a little more complicated — because I write about Christian sex in marriage and teen fiction. A few years ago, I joined the Romance Writers of America (RWA) — the largest writing organization in the United […]

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Common Myths of Romance Novels

May 2, 2013 / Current Issues in Sexuality, Marriage - General / 38 Comments

I like romance novels. At least some of them. Hey, one of my favorite novels ever is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Lately, romance novels have taken a beating from some Christian writers and speakers and, in many cases, rightly so. It’s a very bad idea to base expectations about relationships and marriage on happily-ever-after fiction.

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