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"Anxious attachment

Those with anxious attachment styles often have a difficult time in relationships due to their often-insatiable need for connection. Individuals with an anxious attachment style often have low self-esteem, yet they tend to idolize their partners. Fantasy bonding—where a partner is put on a pedestal and is seen as the "perfect partner"—is common. A preoccupation with the relationship often results, and obsessive thought patterns are common...

"Accepting – can easily accept others without making judgments.

1. Active – engages and participates in various activities.
2. Adaptable – you can adjust to new situations.
3. Affectionate – loving and warm-hearted.
4. Alert – you can think clearly.
5. Ambitious – is a person who has a strong desire to achieve his goal.
6. Amusing – fun-loving and pleasant.
7. Assertive – you are confident and determined...

"4. Sex where you’re body shamed.

Your person should only have positive things to say about your body. If they comment on how much weight you’ve gained or how small your breasts are, then they don’t deserve to see you naked for a second longer. Your body is beautiful. Anyone who says otherwise doesn’t deserve your time — and most certainly doesn’t deserve to sleep with you. Keep your standards high...

"Human rights are moral principles or norms[1] for certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in municipal and international law.[2][citation not found] They are commonly understood as inalienable,[3] fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being"[4] and which are "inherent in all human beings",[5] regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status...

"I think people often mix up what 'good' sexual health is," therapist Lisa Hochberger, M.Ed. tells Bustle. "They think that if they don't have an STI or some sort of sexual dysfunction then they are healthy.

But while staying on top of your STI status and being healthy in that regard is a part of being sexually healthy, it doesn't stop there.

For me, signs of good sexual health manifest in a person's approach to sexuality," Hochberger says...

"Sexual manipulation tactics

Sexual manipulation tactics can be verbal or behavioral. Manipulators might use one or more of these tactics. While sexual manipulation can seem obvious and overt in some cases, it can also be subtle.

Sexual manipulation can include threatening someone — not just in terms of their physical safety, but also threatening things that matter to them...

"Criminality is:

gruesome (adjective)

causing repulsion or...

"Styles Of Preaching

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Throughout the history of the church, preachers have developed different styles of proclaiming the Word. These styles of preaching are often related to the hermeneutics of the preacher. Broadly speaking, the preacher approaches the task of speaking with one of three starting points. The first of these starting points is the Bible...

"Over the past year, I’ve engaged in an ongoing conversation with a forty-year-old clergyperson struggling with institutional religion. Like many other pastors, he’s grown weary of church work. COVID certainly didn’t help. However, he felt close to burnout even before the pandemic arrived. It wasn’t just routine congregational pettiness, conflict, and criticism that troubled him. “I can put up with church crap,” he told me...

• "White colonials “compromised the message of Christianity to accommodate slavery,” evangelizing slaves to fulfill Jesus’ mandate “to make disciples of all nations,” freeing their souls for heaven, but withholding liberation on earth. In this way, Tisby notes, “a corrupt message that saw no contradiction between the brutalities of bondage and the good news of salvation became the norm...