Profound and Sometimes Preposterous Ponderings of Pete

June 18, 2008 Rachael Emily Kligmann was hit by car while riding her bike. 2 weeks later, July 2 2008, after removing life support, she went home leaving me, her mom, her 7 brothers and 4 sisters, in a state of grief and devastation. About 2 weeks later someone gave me the book, The Shack , to read.  I read it.  It was really hard for me to read a book about a man whose daughter was killed. But I did.  The thing that really hurt about the book was when I found out that it was fiction.  I was incensed, maybe a little enraged. How could they present this as a possibility?! It took me a lot of digging to get to the truth too. I threw the book aside and never touched it again. Fast forward to 2 nights ago.  I dared watch the movie.  Mostly to see about what was all the social media fuss and religious indignation.  As far as portraying the book goes, they did a really good job with the casting and following the story line. So let's look at the story itself.  Let me preface this by sa

Starting June 14, a 5 week course on sexual addiction and porn addiction will be taught at the Adventure 4- Square Church in Draper, UT at 6:45 pm.  The statistics, based on admissions, state that 60% of men and youths in the church, have been exposed to or are addicted to pornography   The reality is that it is much higher.  I would, based on both my own experience as well as my experience as a pastor and a counselor in this area, would push that percentage to a much higher 98%.  That being said, if you suffer from this, have been exposed even once (I will come back to that), have sons that are ages 12 or higher, are married to a man, know of others who are married to men, have brothers, etc. you should urge they attend this class. Methamphetamines, is the most addictive drug out there. 25% of all who try it just once get immediately addicted.  Porn is worse. 1 exposure is an addiction.  The mind's camera does not get erased just because you think it will be.  If not dealt with