The most extraordinary thing happened to me in Costco the other day. But what does that have to do with fighting pornography? Today is #BellLetsTalk day. Regardless of whether or not you believe it’s just one big corporation’s way of getting free promotion, it has become a day across Canada for people to bravely speak up about mental health. But … Read More
An open letter to porn
Dear Porn, You’re going to lose. Oh, you will have more victories. Of course. People will fall for your lies and your traps. I have been one of them. I know how easy it is. But I also know the truth. So do so many of my friends. Even the ones currently ensnared by you. humans were made for more … Read More
Talk Today, Safer Tomorrow
Talking to your kids about pornography can be tricky and intimidating. As a parent, the idea that you might say the wrong thing makes many of us scared to say anything. But as the saying goes “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Just starting the conversation, no matter how much you initially fumble it or feel … Read More
Invisible Chains
By Guest Author I became active in discussing the harms of pornography after completing my Masters thesis on drug use. It struck me when over and over again in focus groups and interviews people, often men, we would talk about sex addiction. As a young man at the time, I laughed this off. Aren’t all young men addicted to sex, … Read More
7 Great Gifts To Fight Porn
By Strength to Fight Staff: This Christmas, like so many Christmas’ past, many many many gifts will be exchanged. Some will be lovely and thoughtful, others will be gaudy and poorly thought out. Some sadly will be problematic: iPads given to kids unprepared for the internet; smartphones given to teens with no thought to how it might affect them. There … Read More
The Lonely Legacy Of Hugh Hefner: The Playboy Who Didn’t Learn How To Tango
By Josh Gilman: The top trending story around the world this morning was the death of the founder of Playboy, Hugh Hefner. The death of every human is a sad day, but unfortunately today’s memorials to the man who made pornography so mainstream he nearly put himself out of business, are in their very adulation a condemnation of his life’s … Read More
Spyware, Porn & Protecting Young Hearts, Eyes & Minds.
By Josh Gilman: Recently the “WannaCry” ransomware virus began spread around the world, rapidly holding hostage hundreds of thousands of computers unless their user paid hundreds of dollars to the hackers behind it’s spread. Lives were even put in danger as some medical facilities around the world were held hostage as the computers that they need to keep people alive were … Read More
What’s Your plan?
By Josh Gilman Do you go to the grocery store without a shopping list? Do you head into your business meeting without an agenda? Do you get ready for a big family vacation without a to-do list? Well maybe, like me, you sometimes do actually try to do all those things without any sort of plan. But then you probably … Read More
Being there for the broken
By Josh Gilman: Looking out into the audience of 400 high-school students at a christian high-school, I read the question texted to the big screen. “My parents caught me watching porn. They were so angry that I can never talk to them about it again. And it’s pushed me deeper into my addiction. What do I do?” I looked out … Read More
Three powerful concepts to help you talk to your kids about porn
Guest Author: We’re getting smarter about the risks involved with repeated exposure to pornography. We are beginning to acknowledge that even young children are vulnerable to the lure of online pornography. Yet we still get stuck finding the right way to give our children the support they need. As a parent, I know I have to be the one to … Read More