Category: Adolescent Sexuality
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Spirituality / Purpose of Masturbation – 12 || Masturbation As A Spiritual Gift For Adolescents – Part A
This is the latest in a long running series of articles which are perhaps over-titled. Nevertheless we feel strongly to write it, particularly in relation to our work in youth ministry. We are passionate about the application of masturbation as something that is of material benefit to those who are just starting to develop adult…
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Spirituality / Purpose of Masturbation – 11 || Supporting Masturbation For Godly Women
We guess this post is a bit of a wrap up on the whole purpose of masturbation series. This one is more targeted at women because it is written as a response to a current ministry focus, and in fact it would be fair to say that is how most of our articles get written.…
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Christian Sexuality: Sexual Development [1]: Adolescent Development
As is generally seen throughout this blog, we advocate that masturbation plays an important role in sexual development for Christians. Sexual development is important throughout our lives, but it naturally begins at adolescence, when our bodies begin to develop from childhood into adulthood. This phase of sexual development is noted in particular for the physical…
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Sexuality For Singles (Part D)
Adolescence 3 / Young Adulthood So we have spent the last couple of articles talking about the adolescent phase of human sexuality and how that is an important phase of sexual development for young people as they need the development of not just their physical bodies, but also their sexual organs, or reproductive systems. In…
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Sexuality For Singles (Part C)
Adolescence – 2 We’ve decided to write a second part on adolescence because this transition from childhood to adulthood is such a big thing, especially for a girl. Young innocence is replaced by a growing awareness of sexuality and what it means in the real world. For a Christian girl in particular there are the…
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Sexuality For Singles (Part B)
Adolescence – 1 Childhood and adolescence are the beginning of our human experiences with sexuality. A percentage of children for various reasons will discover masturbation at a young age but will not have the knowledge or understanding to relate it to sexual things and it is best for parents to withhold the knowledge of sexual…
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I Still Want It: Holy and Horny
…Because the Christian church has largely been silent on this topic, providing no practical guidance or solutions whatsoever, Christian singles have largely taken things into their own hands (literally — no pun intended, lol. I’ve heard some people call it “hand ministry,” “personal ministry” or “personal devotion.”)… We do what we can. Christian singles find…
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A letter to youth workers about sex and consent
I was challenged to ask myself what I can do to lessen the chances of any other young person suffering as this young woman has. It became clear that I have had many opportunities to educate young people on the meaning of consent through 12 years of church-based youth work and have missed those opportunities…