by Andrew Jasko | Jan 26, 2019 | Mental Health, Religious Trauma, Sexuality
Sexual violence is commonplace in the biblical narrative. It is perhaps most X-rated in Jesus’s recommendations for mutilation of the male anatomy in castration and emasculation. As a young boy, I was terrified when I heard Jesus’s suggestions that I mutilate myself...
by Andrew Jasko | Sep 19, 2018 | Religious Trauma, Sexuality
Many leave religion simply because they are women. The bible was written by men and for men. God has a penis. Patriarchy informs the entire biblical worldview. There is no escaping that (try as liberal Christianity may); there is only damage control. Women often find...
by Andrew Jasko | Aug 12, 2018 | Religious Trauma, Sexuality, Spiritual Growth
Many of us have learned to associate sex with hurtful things. Reclaiming Sexuality means breaking those negative associations by giving yourself healthy, life-affirming messages. Sex is not about shame, abuse, or fear. This is what sex means: Love. Life. Pleasure....
by Andrew Jasko | Aug 10, 2018 | Sexuality, Spiritual Growth
Is there a greater meaning in life than art? What is the point of it all: All the dramas we live through and create, the ant hills we spend our lives building knowing there’s a maniacal toddler lurking in the shadows? The whole universe is engaged in an unending act...
by Andrew Jasko | Aug 10, 2018 | Sexuality, Spiritual Growth
Masturbation has been a sweet tool for me in learning sexual self-restraint. I have tended to give my body away too easily, driven by raw desire in the moment. I want my kiss to really mean something. Any part of myself I choose to open to another; I want that to mean...
by Andrew Jasko | Jul 19, 2018 | Religious Trauma, Sexuality
Millions of Christians have a relationship with Jesus, a spiritual romance of sorts. I used to be in an abusive relationship with this man, so I consider it my moral responsibility to warn my Christian friends of his behavior. The first step to breaking free of abuse...
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