First Semester Final Sermon:

On sex workers in the Bible, the power of assumptions and ministry of secret-keeping

Final Paper:

Kink Forward:
The Future of Erotic Healing and
Pastoral Care in Church

Abstract: Kink practices offer significant contributions in the church/Christian spiritual communities as a way of demonstrating pastoral care and caring for the entire individual, including their sexuality/shame, as well as providing a safe space for embodied experiences of surrender. By taking such concepts out of the theoretical and into lived experiences facilitated by trained professionals (ie kink practitioners/sex workers), congregants are granted deeper understanding of themselves and a safe(r) space to explore parts of their sexuality — and surrender — that could ultimately bring them in closer relationship with God.