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8 essays
Intimacy5 min

Sex Is a Party for the Woman. The Man Is Invited.

The problem in most Christian bedrooms was never her body. It was the map everybody was handed.

September 2, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionSad9 min

Jesus Wept at a Funeral He Was About to Cancel

He knew how the story ended before He got there. He cried anyway.

August 21, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionHurt9 min

You Can't Stop Hurting Your Partner. But You Can Do This Instead.

You can't stop pain from landing in your relationship. But you can learn what to do when it does.

June 18, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionHurt8 min

What Your Triggers Are Really Trying to Tell You

A trigger is not a malfunction. It is pain with a memory, and an invitation into the kind of connection you cannot get any other way.

June 11, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionJoy7 min

Joy Is Not Your Green Light

Joy is not permission; it is information. The work is learning to receive what felt good without letting it decide.

June 3, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionShame8 min

What If the Kindest Thing You've Been Doing Is the Very Thing Keeping You From Being Truly Known?

Why going quiet can feel like love while quietly keeping you from being truly known.

May 29, 2026 / Connection Codes
EmotionSad7 min

The Cost of Not Crying

What stopping your tears is actually doing to your body and the people you love most.

May 18, 2026 / Connection Codes
RelationshipFear10 min

Their 43 Feet Is Real — Even If Yours Is 4

Why your partner's overreaction may be a nervous system at its ceiling.

May 9, 2026 / Connection Codes

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