“We freely offer up our appetites, wealth, and
pride to relieve the suffering of the world, for the sake of our neighbors and
God’s joy.”
- I will discipline my sexual appetite by practicing chastity and purity in my relationships and recreation; I will treat sexual intimacy as a public, lifelong and exclusive covenant for marriage; I will respect the bodily image and sexual dignity of each person as a child of God, and refrain from lust and pornographic media.
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When we talk about the very real specter
of sexual violence and abuse in war-ravaged settings or even behind domestic doors,
the connection between sexuality and Christian nonviolence is abundantly clear.
But the clarity dissipates as we move closer to our own practices and
experiences of sexuality (though some of us may indeed have experienced or even
committed some of this more explicit violence).
