Let's Talk About Sex Baby

This weekend I'm off to a sex convention.
Well, sorta. I'm volunteering at it.
Yeah, with my church.
BOOM.
You're minds blown right now huh?!
Well good, it should be.

'Romance Uncensored' is a national annual convention put on by my pastor and his wife and it's for married couples to get together for a weekend and talk about, you guessed it, sex.

Whether or not that word, that term, that concept, or the act itself makes you uncomfortable is, no offense, kind of irrelevant. We unfortunately don't have a choice. It's everywhere. In our minds, in our DNA, in our desires, in our tv shows, in our books, in our music, in our workplace, in our schools, in our homes, it's even in our freaking foods (aphrodisiacs people).  We can't escape it and the more we are ashamed of it, the more hurt and harm we inevitably cause for ourselves.

I'm a firm believer that if the church would talk about sex more, our reality would be radically different. Now, I'm not talking about the stereotypical kind of talk either...

SEX IS FROM SATAN!!!!!!! 

PREMATRTIAL SEX = STRAIGHT SHOT TO HELL, GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!

WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED, THE MAN IS ONLY ALLOWED ON TOP AND THAT'S IT! EVERYTHING ELSE IS SINNNNN!

.....................

FALSE.

You may think that sounds crazy, but you know it's what most people at some point of their lives have been led to believe. Which is just down right heartbreaking.

I'm so blessed to be apart of a spiritual family that's open, honest, in your face with sex and all it's many colors. For me, it's not only been eye opening, but more life changing than anything.

In honor of sextember, I'm going to share a few of my all time favorite videos about the topic: 

PS... Some exciting stuff is in the works for this ol' bloggy of mine. FINALLY!
Stay tuned for the new(ish) direction and some actual blogging all coming your way sometime next week. Happy Weekending you beautiful people!

religion on a board

I walked out of class around 11am this morning and as I did, I noticed this large board right smack dab in front of the union. Which, of course, is right in the middle of campus. As I walked closer, I couldn't help but stare. I've seen some seriously amazing things go on in the middle of campus, but I have to say... this is my favorite. 

I watched for probably 10 minutes before I decided to write something. Then, I wrote a few things. I was shaking the entire time. I walked up with the pen and then stepped back nearly 20 times. How could I put into words all I wanted the say? What could I possibly write something that would even come close to all the emotions I was feeling? I prayed and trembled and just wrote. I tried to think from the heart of a nonbeliever, and someone just searching for answers and for hope; someone searching for love.

I have to say, I was absolutely breath taken by some of the words people used and deeply saddened by others. Yet, throughout the whole thing it was so amazingly beautiful to see how many people responded and wanted to not only write but also to talk to one another. This sign hadn't even been up for two hours and by the time I left, the board was nearly twice as full as these pictures show.

 

My favorite. 

The longer I live & the more I learn about the world, the more I realize how littler I know. Everyone seems to think they have all the answers to the world's problems. But I know nothing really EXCEPT one thing. That the Almighty God, Creator of the universe is real. He is good. He is just. He is perfect. And he actually loves me. I don't understand it, but it set me FREE.

I'm still praying over the board and it's impact on each set of eyes that fall upon it.

The Kucks

After 14 months of planning, the time has come and gone!
Nicole and Michael are officially The Kucks and I couldn't be happier for them both :)

I had the privilege of speaking during their ceremony and read one of my all time favorite chapters in the bible, 1 Corinthians 13. I mean I did get my blog title from there after all... It was so intimate and special. I am very thankful I was there and able to share such a beautiful moment in time. Nicole couldn't have looked more gorgeous and the day was perfect!

 

 

 "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."- 1 Cor. 13:13

I don't even have a title.

Sometimes you just check out, ya know? You get busy. You struggle. You wallow. You get all sorts of scattered. I've said it about a million times on this blog and about 10x that in real life... I'm just so dang busy. Any not-busy time is spent just laying in bed or on the couch, trying push life to the back of my brain for a bit and watch Netflix in peace. I daydream about the days of consistency and a normal schedule.

Isn't that life though?
Blondes want to be brunettes, blue eyes want deep brown eyes, fat wants skinny, skinny thinks they're fat, rich wants simplicity, simplicity wants more adventure...
Always greener on the other side kind of thing.

I know all my friends that have the usual 8-5 schedule are probably thinking about how much they want to go back to their college days and that I'm "so going to regret this post in 4ish years."
And they're probably right... yet, here I am saying, let's play trade.

We all get by though.
Some days we appreciate our lot and some days we curse it.
Either way, it's ours.
We make it what we want...
Some of us have it easier than others.
Some of us cherish it better than others.
Some of us thrive more than others.

But, what can you do but put one foot in front of the other anyway?

"Don't think twice, it's alright..."- Bob Dylan.

The latest project! CHECK IT!

I've been gone lately for all sorts of reasons, but one of those reasons is the fact that I've been working on another blog! Yes, that's right! I've officially teamed up with three friends and we have created a wonderful little corner in the internet world :)

Ladies and gentlemen, I am so proud to introduce to you  

"All of the Stuff"

You should go play :)

Devils Den

 

A few weekends ago, my roommate and I made the short trek over to a well known spot in Arkansas known as Devils Den to get out and enjoy our last weeks together. I have been dying to go to Devils Den for years. I'm not even kidding guys, years. It's a really famous spot here in Northwest Arkansas and for some laaaaame reason I had just never been! Whatever.

Not anymore though! I FINALLY got to cross DD off my list off my long list of things to do before I leave Fayetteville.  As you will see it's beautiful, and not just that, it's also great camping too!  

So thankful for our time spent at this gorgeous place and the beautiful day that accompanied us!