Comments on: Good Sex, with Diagrams http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-sex-with-diagrams watch out for lightning Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Malcolm Marler http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/#comment-35 Malcolm Marler Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:20:18 +0000 http://www.roguereverend.com/?p=100#comment-35 Lia, I really liked your sermon on good sex. We need more of this straight talk in the church. And I loved your chorus of "SEX IS NOT WRONG. It’s not sinful. It’s not bad. It’s not evil. It doesn’t make you a bad person because you have sexual needs. In fact, it’s normal and healthy. Sex does not make you impure." So true. I would encourage you to continue to expand on your thoughts on your blog and/or in your sermons. The world needs this. As an "HIV Rev", you would expect me to also underscore the "safety" message in sex. Knowing one's HIV status is part of the social responsibility and respect we are to have for one another. Finally, I want to say a personal "ouch" to your opening story about a preacher in Alabama. As you know, I am a Rev in AL. But, those of us who grew up in, and returned to, Alabama to make it a better place are used to the broad brush sometimes used to describe our brothers and sisters. We have learned to have a sense of humor. But it still stings a little. Carry on my sister, you have an important message to deliver. You are loved and appreciated. Lia,

I really liked your sermon on good sex. We need more of this straight talk in the church.

And I loved your chorus of “SEX IS NOT WRONG. It’s not sinful. It’s not bad. It’s not evil. It doesn’t make you a bad person because you have sexual needs. In fact, it’s normal and healthy. Sex does not make you impure.” So true.

I would encourage you to continue to expand on your thoughts on your blog and/or in your sermons. The world needs this.

As an “HIV Rev”, you would expect me to also underscore the “safety” message in sex. Knowing one’s HIV status is part of the social responsibility and respect we are to have for one another.

Finally, I want to say a personal “ouch” to your opening story about a preacher in Alabama. As you know, I am a Rev in AL. But, those of us who grew up in, and returned to, Alabama to make it a better place are used to the broad brush sometimes used to describe our brothers and sisters. We have learned to have a sense of humor. But it still stings a little.

Carry on my sister, you have an important message to deliver. You are loved and appreciated.

]]> By: Heifner http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/#comment-34 Heifner Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:52:53 +0000 http://www.roguereverend.com/?p=100#comment-34 just love the fact that I have a friend who can preach this--and preach it well--and still cause me to blush on-line. i am with you on the points in your sermon though! just love the fact that I have a friend who can preach this–and preach it well–and still cause me to blush on-line. i am with you on the points in your sermon though!

]]> By: Tim Johnson http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/#comment-33 Tim Johnson Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.roguereverend.com/?p=100#comment-33 Hey, Cuz. Interesting stuff. Most folks think Baptists are all a bunch of stuffed shirts, but the only place I've ever heard a preacher try to discuss the nuances of biblical teaching on sex has been in Baptist churches, and pretty conservative ones at that. What I learned in a Baptist pre-marriage course was how deep a sexual bond is, therefore the importance of treating it with respect and all that jazz. Personally, I've never understood the phrase "casual sex." It's an oxymoron, like "military intelligence." There ain't nothing casual about sex. Peace. Hey, Cuz. Interesting stuff. Most folks think Baptists are all a bunch of stuffed shirts, but the only place I’ve ever heard a preacher try to discuss the nuances of biblical teaching on sex has been in Baptist churches, and pretty conservative ones at that. What I learned in a Baptist pre-marriage course was how deep a sexual bond is, therefore the importance of treating it with respect and all that jazz. Personally, I’ve never understood the phrase “casual sex.” It’s an oxymoron, like “military intelligence.” There ain’t nothing casual about sex. Peace.

]]> By: Aspasia http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/#comment-32 Aspasia Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:07:52 +0000 http://www.roguereverend.com/?p=100#comment-32 I ditto Amber on the Venn Diagrams love. Those are so fun to make! And this was an excellent sermon. Your parishioners are lucky to have you. I ditto Amber on the Venn Diagrams love. Those are so fun to make! And this was an excellent sermon. Your parishioners are lucky to have you.

]]> By: Amber Rhea http://www.roguereverend.com/2009/02/good-sex-with-diagrams/#comment-31 Amber Rhea Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://www.roguereverend.com/?p=100#comment-31 <blockquote>You know, I honestly have to say that I bristled at the idea of modesty, until Dorff said this, “one shares the intimacy of sexual intercourse away from the observation of others so that it can attain an intensity and focus that would otherwise be absent. Privacy thus enables sexual intercourse more effectively to bind the couple together emotionally.” While many of my friends wouldn’t agree with this idea, it does strike a chord with me.</blockquote> Yeah, I'm one of those friends who wouldn't agree w/ you on that idea. :) In fact, I often find sex with others watching/participating to be more intimate. It's not something I expect everyone to understand, but it's the truth for me, and I don't feel that it's any better or worse than the traditional concept of "privacy binding the couple together emotionally." I really love this sermon overall! And I LOVE the Venn Diagrams... 'cause I'm a nerd.

You know, I honestly have to say that I bristled at the idea of modesty, until Dorff said this, “one shares the intimacy of sexual intercourse away from the observation of others so that it can attain an intensity and focus that would otherwise be absent. Privacy thus enables sexual intercourse more effectively to bind the couple together emotionally.” While many of my friends wouldn’t agree with this idea, it does strike a chord with me.

Yeah, I’m one of those friends who wouldn’t agree w/ you on that idea. :) In fact, I often find sex with others watching/participating to be more intimate. It’s not something I expect everyone to understand, but it’s the truth for me, and I don’t feel that it’s any better or worse than the traditional concept of “privacy binding the couple together emotionally.”

I really love this sermon overall! And I LOVE the Venn Diagrams… ’cause I’m a nerd.

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