Call to action: Pastor issuing 7-day sex challenge

The pastor of a mega-church says he will challenge married congregants during his sermon Sunday to have sex for seven straight days — and he plans to practice what he preaches.

Call to action: Pastor issuing 7-day sex challenge - 11/17/08 - San Francisco News - abc7news.com

French court overturns Muslim virgin marriage annulment

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Pastor’s Sex Challenge For Congregation, The Early Show: He Urged Them To Have Sex With Their Spouses For Week Straight - CBS News

Pastor’s Sex Challenge For Congregation, The Early Show: He Urged Them To Have Sex With Their Spouses For Week Straight - CBS News.

What should your rules for dating be?

As a father of three beautiful children, I am not stressed about the day my kids get interested in dating (they are currently 11, 10, 6 and they all still don’t like the opposite sex).  The reason I am not stressed is because I believe dating is a wonderful way for my kids to develop in to loving and healthy adults. Read more

Popular columnist suggests an affair to help marriage

The Chicago Tribune’s, Cheryl Lavin, who writes the popular advice column “Tales from the Front” had the following advice to one of her readers’ questions:

Dear Trapped: You’re too young to take a vow of celibacy. I’m afraid the anger you’re suppressing will overwhelm you and one day you’ll do or say something you regret.

No one thinks that an extramarital affair is a good idea, but in your situation, it may save your sanity and, ultimately, your marriage. There’s an enormous difference between having an affair because you’re bored and having one because you’re denying a vital part of yourself.

It’s certainly better than wishing your husband were dead. And no one who isn’t in your shoes should condemn you.

If you were my sister, I’d tell you to find a male friend and have a discreet sexual relationship. I know this advice is controversial and certainly not an ideal solution. But your problem doesn’t have an ideal solution.

Readers, what advice do you have for “Trapped”? (emphasis added)

The woman’s question to Lavin was simply:

I’m a 42-year-old woman. I’ve been married to my husband, who’s 58, for 16 years. We had an extremely active, passionate sex life for the first eight years of our marriage, but none since. I miss sex desperately. I’ve contemplated affairs and divorce many times. I love my husband so much, but I’m miserable without sex.

The reader goes on to share how their sexual relationship originally stopped because of major physical discomfort and even pain from her husband. Hello! She mentions that he’s never gotten any help with the physical issues, which is fairly normal because most men are ashamed when they are not able to perform sexually.

I will say that he is not coping well with his physical issues, and needs to get help. However, the wife is not coping well either by wanting to divorce or have an affair. First things first, a healthy marriage is not just about sex. It is hard to reconcile with someone who says she “loves her husband very much” but then is willing to leave him because he’s hurting or willing to have an affair.

When your marriage comes up against hurt or physical ailment, do not quit. The greatest gift you will ever give yourself is to learn how to love your spouse unconditionally, like Christ loves you. I would never tell this to someone who is in physical danger, but when your spouse is hurting physically or emotionally, the best course of action is to love them through it.

That way, everyone wins.