By: Shane James O’Neill Uncle Des My uncle died a few years ago. Uncle Des. He was the man. He was a Father in the Catholic Orders, studied at Oxford, had a cool English accent, traveled a lot, and was as gentle as gentle can be. Uncle Des loved living life with a slow…
Marriage — More Than A Fairy Tale
By: Kyle Thorp Love in the Movies Actress Scarlett Johansson, in an interview talking about her second divorce, said, “I don’t think it’s natural to be a monogamous person. I might be skewered for that, but I think it’s work. It’s a lot of work. The fact of that proves that it is not…
Dating a Recovering Porn Addict
By: Lexie Smith How We Met Dating in today’s world is tough. Especially when you graduated with a degree in psychology and did a bunch of research on how porn affects the brain. Add that with a decade of sexual abuse as a child and it’s a miracle I would even consider dating at…
Same Sex Attraction — The Advice I Wish I’d Had
By: Kyle Thorp Growing up Most people would describe puberty as a confusing time in their life. Dealing with social challenges and adjusting to physical changes is enough to cause a “normal” adolescent anxiety, heartache, and distress. Add to this the awakening of feelings for one’s own sex, and puberty becomes a horrific nightmare. The…
De-Constructing Sex-Bots
By: Shane James O’Neill Disclaimer: In this post Proven Men references articles and films for the sake of critique, not recommendation. The referenced material does contain explicit content. LOOKING CLOSELY The creation of Sex-Bots is a big conversational piece lately; in news rooms and living rooms, alike. But let’s take a minute to actually look into this…
Sex Trafficked! The New Normal
By: Lexie Smith Growing up Normal According to Child Safe Education, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before age 18. When did rape start to become the new normal? Normal. For most of our lives, things are normal. We eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner like everyone else….
Porn. Secrecy. Ash.
By: Shane James O’Neill hiding Watching porn is a very secret activity. It’s one of those things we desperately don’t want people to know we’re doing, and we certainly don’t want them to catch us doing it. There’s a kind of apparent shame in feasting our flesh on the flesh of someone who hasn’t…
Why Do Some People Experience Same-Sex Attraction?
By: Kyle Thorp Avoidance Romans chapter 1 is one of the harder passages of the Bible to swallow. I remember studying it with my Bible Quiz team in ninth grade. When we got to the part that mentions homosexuality, there were some uncomfortable pauses and throat-clearing before someone said, “Let’s just skip that for…
Sex Bots: Cheating God’s Design
By: Jane Claudio Basics from the Playground Cheaters never win. This is something that we learned early, something we chanted from the playground. If you’re not playing by the rules of the game, you might be able to finagle your way into ending with the most points, but ending the game with the most…
The Life I Didn’t Expect — Kyle’s Story
By: Kyle Thorp How my story begins I grew up in the picture-perfect Christian household. My father was the Sunday School coordinator at our church. My mother homeschooled my two sisters and me. We had family devotions, went to Sunday School, Wednesday night services, youth group, and every other church function that happened. But…