Looking to Connect It is no surprise to any of us that people are looking online to connect with others, and that in the process a certain level of intimate needs are met. Whether it’s a chat group, dating service, blog or class reunion site, people are finding connection. The questions for you…the question for […]

My great friend and former co-worker RO Smith always “complements” me for being a co-nurterer of my daughter along with my wife. RO will make comments about us as a typical “postmodern family”, defying traditional and stereotypical role playing of the sexes in our marriage and family structure. I take all that with a great […]

I’ve really been interested in the topic of stay at home dads, or fathers who are the primary caregivers, and at the least are co-nurterers. And now that we are in transition to a new state and new jobs, I’ve currently finished up my job and am home full-time so I’ve been thinking about this […]

“Artist rendition of Rhett’s bloodshot eye after having no sleep in weeks with a newborn in the house” I’m so exhausted. Any really naive thoughts I had about trying to get a newborn on some schedule have been shattered. Any thoughts I had about trying to maintain some sort of normalcy have been shattered as […]

Over the course of this last year I have become increasingly more interested in the topic of Positive Youth Development or PYD, both from a theoretical and practitioner standpoint. This concept can be found in many arenas of study, but I have been most exposed to it from a theological and psychological standpoint and I’m […]

(This is a rant, a critique, and a revealing of myself as well; it is a post that I am writing as I am asking myself the same questions as others are; it is a post that reflects my own thinking that is in process) There seems to be a lot of confusion these days […]

Finally, after attempting my first ever sermon series on sex, and surviving it, I would have to say that is was a much more enjoyable experience than I would have imagined. Enjoyable? Yes, because it was obvious from the student’s facial expressions, to the tears, to the comments afterwards, to the many emails that I […]

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, ‘The two will become one flesh.’ […]

I have begun to have a better understanding just how difficult it is to have frank talks with people about sex! I don’t mean discussions that guys have in the locker room, or in the privacy of their apartment with each other, or the discussions women have when they are out together, or having a […]

Last night I began my four part series dealing with the issue of sex, Christianity and culture. In short, it is a series looking at what the Bible has to say about sex, and how culture, for the most part, has very differing opinions. In this series I want to challenge all of you to […]

Deciding to write a blog on sex was purely a cheap and easy marketing ploy to get more readership. Selling sex seems to be working for everyone else, so why not try it to get more readers on The Quest website. In fact, before this blog was completed we had to go through an image/photo […]