Welcome

[syf]

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Hello and welcome to "To the Hilltops!" We're so glad that you are joining us and choosing to share in this journey toward an ethics of Christian womanhood.

Please view this post as an invitation to a comfortable seat beside a cozy fireplace. Come in, kick up your feet, grab yourself a cup of tea, and introduce yourself to everyone.  Who are you?  What brings you here?  How do you see the need for a community like this one in your life right now?

Excitedly,
the mods (Kay, Sharon, and Tamara)

Comments

[ecoj]

So Sharon has politely pointed out that I need to introduce myself at least twice now. Maybe even three times. I hate introductions. But how else will community be discovered if we don’t take the time to reveal ourselves? And every revelation must begin somewhere. So this one begins here, I suppose.

I think I will start by pointing out that sex is good and I have always known this. Much to my younger self’s dismay, my parents were very open and good with the whole sex discussion. I tended to avoid it because ‘look, I’m never getting married. Thus, never having sex. Thus, I DO NOT NEED TO HEAR THIS.’ My parents pressed on despite my horrors. Good for them. I appreciate that now.

I was taught that sex is intended for a purpose, that purpose is inside marriage, and thus in order to honor God and myself (and, I suppose, my future-maybe-someday spouse [hi! I’m almost 27 and single.]) I should keep sex within its ‘legal’ bounds. Ice cream is good, but too much ice cream or ice cream at the wrong time is not good. (Or am I the only one that has to have a healthy balance of protein? I’m not much of a sugar/caffeine person…but if I have either without proper amounts of protein, I cannot function. It’s not a good example, but it’s an example nonetheless.)

I should have probably started with ‘My name is Jenn’ and ‘if I was in a fantasy book, I would fulfill the character archetype of Wizard…do with that what you may’. (Also. This last statement may not be true and is subject to change at any given whim of the writer. Tomorrow I may decide that, no, no, I am not Gandalf. I am…ummm…SARUMAN…wait, no! Bad example!) I, apparently, really like parentheticals.

The problem I have with introductions, really, is I don’t know what to say that will be interesting to the listener. So, I’ll finish with saying that this community is a good thing. Even for someone who has a healthy view of sex, there are still conversations to be had that just aren’t discussed in church. Sex exists! For single people and married people there needs to be a safe place to discuss sex AND sexuality (which, I will argue, are two different things. Sex is a physical act but sexuality is so. much. more.).

And…that’s it. I’m Jenn...do with that what you may. ;)

[llchang]

i just wanted to say that i love your references...Lord of the Rings is AWESOME!

[trackers]

Wizard/LotR references will always garner favor. :)

And your specifying that sex and sexuality are NOT the same thing - brilliant!

(And I like parentheticals too!)