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I grew up in a hyper-fundamental home. Most everything was outlawed as sinful. Rock and Roll was of the devil, dancing was the gateway to sexual promiscuity, playing with cards was the surest way to fall into a gambling addiction, and movies would certainly cause the viewer to question God. You name it and it was a sin. Yet, for all the prohibitions, conflicts abounded. My father was a preacher and a child molester. My mother constantly complained about an abusive husba

I first joined the US Army in 1992. For 34 years and throughout my entire adult life, I wore the uniform and served my country. It has been a wonderful experience. One of my happiest memories from my early years was the training I received on how to navigate the land. Aside from learning all the features of a map and how to read a compass, the basic rules that govern success in land navigation are as follows: 1) know where you are, 2) know where you are going, 3) orient yours

So far, throughout the articles, I have introduced the theological implications for the enoughness of addicts and the negative effects of purity culture both as a detriment to the Christian Church and the support of the porn industry. If you haven’t yet read about those things. Go back to the Hineni Counseling page and check them out. They are worth the read! Before I begin writing about the way out of the problem, I want to introduce the topic of how emotions and trauma play

Purity culture arose, as we know it today, as an attempt to respond to the sexual revolutions of the 20s and 60s and following. Different forms of purity culture have existed within most of the church’s long history, but today’s version began with the sexual revolution. Stated simply, sexual “revolutions” sought freedom from what society told them were acceptable sexual behaviors. Following the introduction of birth control in 1950, women were no longer sexually constrained b