“Oh! Ummmm….yes, that’s ok….thank you so much for asking. I never thought of that,” the young mom stared at the other mom a little perplexed and thoughtfully sat back down. What was this all about? Well, it was quite simple. While I was sitting in Chapters reading a unnecessarily tall pile of books to my 2-year-old, a couple of 4-year-old … Read More
Two Terrible Lessons From Ted Cruz’s Twitter-Porn Incident
On Monday evening former presidential candidate Ted Cruz was trending on Twitter for the unpleasant reason that his Twitter account had “liked” a porn video. For those happily unfamiliar with Twitter, this means that someone with access to Ted Cruz’s Twitter account had hit the “like” button on a full-length hardcore pornographic video, placing it in most of his follower’s … Read More
A great way to talk about porn over christmas
by Josh Gilman: One of the questions we get most often is “How do I talk to my family and friends about this?” As people realize the danger of pornography, they often ask us how they can possibly bring this up with friends and family. After all, how do you open that conversation? “Sooo……speaking of pornography being an unspeakable scourge … Read More
Are We Forgetting Something?
By Colette Aikema Porn is a problem. We know this. We’ve heard it many times before. We know it is extremely addictive. We know it destroys the human brain the same way heroin does. We know it destroys marriages. We know it creates abusers and rapists. We know it perpetuates human trafficking. But have we ever thought about how it affects … Read More