Madre's Missives

Dear Madre,

I'm in college and living away from home in an apartment near campus with some friends. I even have a boyfriend (finally!). He's really sweet and thoughtful and all my friends really like him too. He's even Lutheran! 

But he goes to another school a couple of hours away so we really only get to spend time together when he comes to visit, about twice a month for a weekend. I'm really committed to remaining a virgin until I get married, but sometimes we fall asleep cuddling on the couch, and he's slept with me in my bed a few times too. Is it wrong of us to sleep together when he comes to visit if we're really truly just sleeping?

Lady Strawberry Jam

Like the Wizard of Oz who appeared to be bigger than life but, in reality, was just a man with a microphone standing behind a curtain, pastors are also just men. They are really no different from any other human men we all know. 

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