by Patrik Olterman | Nov 11, 2015 | Christian life, Family, Life is my religion, Polyamory, Relationships
In the wake of my most recent post on how love is not static I would like to add some thoughts on what has been called relationship anarchy, a term coined by Dr Andy in 2004. Dr. Andy writes: Relationship anarchy questions the idea that love is a limited resource that...
by Patrik Olterman | Nov 8, 2015 | Family, Life is my religion, Polyamory
Today is fathers day and I am promptly staying in bed, drinking tea and slowly looking at the world and my life with awe and wonder. Earlier in the week I had a lunch with a friend who told me that to boost her ego she would look at the girls from school who used to...
by Patrik Olterman | Nov 2, 2015 | Family, LGBTQ, Marriage & Relationships, Polyamory
Yesterday was a bit of a coming out process for me. The minute after I hit the publish key on my blog post was filled with a sense of immense release and freedom followed by “Oh my god, what have I done?”. For a moment I thought maybe not so many people would read it...
by Patrik Olterman | Aug 22, 2015 | Chivalric values, Family, Life is my religion
Continuing the conversation about the mature and immature feminine and masculine. I will start looking at the masculine. In todays society we have a lot of the immature masculine going around. In fact there is a public caricature of what the masculine is that is...
by Patrik Olterman | Jun 20, 2015 | Family, Life is my religion, Theological reflection
Every Journey must come to an end and this is the end of our journey in the Salvation Army. It has been a great journey of trials and growth personally and professionally. So what does one say at the end of a journey? Stepping into the blue We are taking a step out...
by Patrik Olterman | May 16, 2013 | Christian life, Church, Family
It may seem like an obvious thing to say, if god is our father then Jesus is our brother. There are some people (in the past myself included) who may have a problem thinking of themselves on the same level as Jesus. It seems disrespectful towards the son of god and...
