by Patrik Olterman | Dec 15, 2016 | Featured, Life is my religion, Sacred Sexuality, Sex
I have an ambivalent relationship to the term sacred sexuality. Using the word seems to imply that there is such a thing as not sacred sexuality or unholy sexuality. To me Sacred sexuality simply means that I hold all sexuality sacred. All intimate moments are sacred...
by Patrik Olterman | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured, ISTA, Sacred Sexuality
December is often a month of reflection and introspection. I am looking backwards and thinking about the future So much has happened and my life has changed in so many significant ways. Three years ago give or take a few months I was attending a cosy evening with...
by Patrik Olterman | Jul 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I am scrolling through my Facebook feed and it seems to me that every Christian Network I am still a part of has become a battleground where arguments for and against a positive inclusive stance on LGBTQ issues are wielded as weapons to prove that the other side is...
by Patrik Olterman | Jun 13, 2016 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Love
I am angry at the person who picked up a gun and murdered all those people in Orlando, I am angry at all the people who thinks that any kind of violence is justified in any situation. I am angry at the Christians who think that anything could justify these horrific...
by Patrik Olterman | Apr 29, 2016 | Christian life, Life is my religion, Love
“For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” (Matt 7.14 NRSV) There is this idea, because of this verse, that being a Christian should be difficult and hard and to that effect the church has through the centuries...
