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June 15, 2018December 8, 2025

Is Masturbation a Sin?

Edit: December 8, 2025 — I’ve written a new follow-up piece expanding on some of the ideas here, including my deeper reflections on Scripture, sexual ethics, and desire. You can read that here. I am going to attempt to discuss something that will probably put me in the dog house no matter what I say, … Continue reading Is Masturbation a Sin?

May 18, 2018August 27, 2018

If I Had to Co-Parent, I’d Want It to Look Like This…

Kinda pursuant to my last post on Black-ish and divorce, I’ve been thinking about co-parenting lately. My sister and I talk about this subject all the time. The reality is the look and components of the nuclear family has changed. A two-parent home where the there is one mommy and one daddy and two children … Continue reading If I Had to Co-Parent, I’d Want It to Look Like This…