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Mary DeMuth: Not Marked
Happy birthday to my friend, Mary DeMuth! Today also marks the launch of her crowd-sourced book, Not Marked. Here's what Mary has to say about it:
I'm humbled and grateful to be here today. A huge thank youto Sandra for allowing me to share my heart.
A little background: I've sharedmysexual abuse story in the past few years, but I haven't always beenso open. Initially I kept it silent for a decade, then over-shared, then wentsilent another decade. The healing journey hasn't been easy, but it has beengood.
Not Marked (e-version)
Not Marked (print version)
The book's website
How I Spent My Weekend
Friday night my family and I lived in a Hilton Hotel on the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard in Rockwall, Texas, the site of Concord Church's marriage conference. My coauthor, Bill Cutrer, flew in from Louisville so we could co-present the intimacy workshop.
I picked him up Friday night, and we had a little reunion of friends from his days as our pastor at Wildwood Baptist in Mesquite. Then the Glahn family and the good doctor headed out to Rockwall.
Talking about sex is not really my favorite topic. I'd rather talk about writing. But I do like the fact that churches now have both men and women talking on the subject instead of just men. That seems to better fit the spirit of Titus 2.
During a question/answer time, one of the couples asked about how to talk to their kids about sex. So I made that the topic of today's post over on the Tapestry Blog. You can read that here.
Then Saturday night our girl had her first date. A friend from elementary school days who's in ROTC asked if she'd go with him as "just friends" to the ROTC ball. Under those circumstances and since his dad was driving them to/from, we said okay. It was formal and everything. Golly. She learned how to feed herself only about two weeks ago, and now she has a date?
Last night we watched Drew Brees go marching in to the SuperBowl. I already mentioned our screaming...
How Fun!
I called my parents today to say hello, and my dad told me he saw one of my books featured in Christianity Today.
Sexual Intimacy in Marriage III
The third edition of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage hit the market this week. We added more than sixty pages this time around. Most of them we devote to new research available on women's sexuality, and we also expanded the workbook section designed to help couples communicate.
Here's a sampling of new material: "By contrast, the Masters and Johnson model, which accurately depicts the male sexual response, falls short in describing the complex female response. . . Each woman is a unique creation. Many women have felt “pressure” to achieve a particular type of response, within a certain time framework... [Newer models] define satisfaction using words such as emotional closeness, commitment, bonding, affection and acceptance. This fits nicely with our working definition of intimacy, being fully known, fully loved, without fear of rejection."
You can tell the new version from previous ones by the raised gold lettering on the cover.