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It’s a great problem to have: I haven’t been able to blog lately because I’m in a crunch with a book deadline. My wonderful publisher, ###, awaits the latest draft of The Higher Desire Wife, which will be released early in 2025. Since I’ve been steeped in this topic for a while, I decided to look back at the first-ever post I wrote about higher desire...

 

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It’s Independence Day in the United States—the day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4...

 

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One of the personal Bible studies that stuck with me most is when I did a deep dive into what God has to say about trust. While I found numerous passages telling us to trust God, I couldn’t find verses telling us to trust others. Rather, when it comes to human-to-human relationships, the emphasis is on being trustworthy. It jumped off the page to me that...

 

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In recent years, I’ve heard a lot of discussion around emotional triggers. An emotional trigger is an event, condition, or sensory experience that evokes a negative reaction. Knowing one’s triggers can be important for treatment of and recovery from trauma, addiction or compulsive behaviors, and anxiety or depression. But the truth...

 

This post first appeared on Healthy Marriage on November 4, 2020, but I really wanted the information here on my blog as well for my own readers. It’s been slightly edited for updating and clarity.



Infidelity. Pornography. An emotional affair. Using your spouse. Ignoring their desire, their pleasure, their satisfaction.

Any of these is enough to...

 

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When I first started this ministry (over 13 years ago!), there were few resources available for Christians wanting sex advice that was both biblical and practical. Yes, they existed, and I’m so grateful to those forerunners! But given the need, the supply wasn’t nearly enough. Nowadays, I can point to resources that provide quality information and wisdom for...

 

In the last few weeks, I’ve received three separate questions from wives that overlap in their tone. Summarizing what they asked about:

• Doesn’t a husband need oral sex to be sexually satisfied?
• How can I handle a husband who persists in wanting to be pegged (defined below)?
• Is a wife in the wrong for not wanting her husband to talk about her being with other men, aka...

 

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I find myself recommending certain blog posts more than others, both in emails to individuals and references in other posts. The following, first published on March 5, 2018, is one and even spawned a recent Knowing Her Sexually podcast episode with guest host Ruth Buezis of Awaken Love. Given how important I believe this information is, I wanted to share this post again. Enjoy...