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Sexuality And Spirituality 3
More notes from a seminar on Spirituality and Sexuality. Feel free to reproduce for discussion purposes… BUT WHAT ARE THE REAL QUESTIONS? (The following is in rough note form, comprising questions raised by the group. Any reactions to any of them?) 1. SEX AND THE FALL: WHY IS SO MUCH SEX BAD? In the movie […]
Sexuality And Spirituality 4
More notes from a seminar on Spirituality and Sexuality. Feel free to reproduce for discussion purposes… BUT WHAT ARE THE REAL QUESTIONS? (cont’d) (The following is in rough note form, comprising questions raised by the group. Any reactions to any of them?) 4. WHAT ABOUT PROSTITUTION? Q. Do you think prostitution has a bad mental […]
Sexuality And Spirituality 5
Here is the last instalment of notes from a seminar I was asked to give on Sexuality and Spirituality. Feel free to reproduce, in totality, for discussion purposes… QUOTES FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS (for discussion): In a broken-down world, sex invites two extremes: avoidance or worship, The first has to do with fear; the second, lust. […]
Competition
Towards a Christian Perspective 1. DEFINITIONS . 1-1. Deardon’s ‘three conditions’ 2. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THEORY 2-1. Thomas Hobbes, Jeremy Bentham, Karl Marx 2-2. Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic (Weber-Tawney thesis) 2-3. Marxist socialism. 3. EDUCATIONAL THEORY. 3-1. Various theories of learning and motivation. 3-2. Education and inequality/social class. 4. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES. 4-1. Social […]
Sexuality And Spirituality 1
Notes from a seminar on Spirituality and Sexuality. Feel free to reproduce for discussion purposes… Exercise: Write short prayers about ‘Sex’, and put ‘m’ or ‘f’ (but no name) on them. Summarize them on, say, a whiteboard. Notice any difference between males and females? ‘Our society offers sex without guilt. The church has usually offered […]
Sexuality And Spirituality 2
More notes from a seminar on Spirituality and Sexuality. Feel free to reproduce for discussion purposes… SEX IN CHURCH? In our reading from the Song of Songs, we heard a celebration of human sexuality. The first commandment in the Bible: ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ i.e. ‘Have sex!’ Our sexuality is affirmed throughout Scripture. Now why […]
Mothers’ Day Sermon
Here’s my wife’s sermon-notes for Mothers’ Day. WHY GOD MADE MOTHERS Luke 2:39-52 MOTHERS DAY IS NOT EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR – your mother may have passed away – you may have bad memories of your mother – the Bible records a few of those – you may have longed to be a […]
Sex Is Sacred
From: Adrian P. Morgan Subject: ACP Exchange Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 This regards the exchange on alt.christnet.prayer some time ago in which both of us were involved. —————————- The essence of the matter is this: SEX IS SACRED! And to those of us who believe that all sex is inherently sacred, it immediately follows […]
Compassion: Three Stories
The Most Caring Child "Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world." –Ralph Waldo Trine Author and lecturer Leo once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a […]
Uniting Faith And Sexuality
Summary with comments on: "Uniting Faith and Sexuality" The Uniting Church in Australia Assembly Task Group on Sexuality Quotations from "Uniting Sexuality and Faith" are Copyright 1997 The Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia and used without permission. Paragraph numbers are shown in parentheses following each quotation. In quotations, emphasis is theirs except where […]
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