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Developing and expanding on the material in the podcast series, the book From Object to Icon: The Struggle for Spiritual Vision in a Pornographic World has now been published by Ancient Faith Publishing.
From Object to Icon sees pornography as a societal issue with a spiritual root, and is written to encourage all of us to learn to see iconographically rather than pornographically– that is, rather than objectifying others, to see the spiritual reality in… [ read more ]
I’ve been reflecting on two little anecdotes I mentioned in recent podcasts.
The first was about a group of monks on a journey when a scantily-dressed woman rode by. Most of the monks immediately averted their eyes, but when they turned back, they found that one of their number, far from averting his eyes, was still watching the woman disappearing into the distance. When they questioned him about his actions, he replied, “But how could… [ read more ]
Today I’d like to offer a reflection on the experience of some people who have struggled with sexual sin and the effects of sexual sin. Hopefully some of these reflections will be useful both for those who suffer the ongoing effects of sexual sin willingly entered into, and also some of the effects of sexual abuse.
But it’s important to say that these reflections are based on certain people’s experiences, and are not an assertion… [ read more ]
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