Outback Jack's Journey

Through love and vulnerability, I build authentic communities where people feel complete in Christ.   (I'm thankful to The Crucible Project weekend, Mission and Purpose , which I attended in August 2023.)

I had a massage today with a man from MassageExchange.com It was totally good. 0% sexual energy. The guy was tall and deaf, so we had to communicate by writing on an iPhone. I went first and was naked under a towel. I didn't notice until the end, but he just had a towel around his waist. He gave me the best massage I've ever had! On my front, he folded my arm up behind my back and massaged my triceps. I don't recall ever having had them massaged before! When doing my legs (on my front), he folded my leg up so my foot was against my other knee, and then he massaged my inner thigh. I didn't think it was sore until he rubbed it. He was very respectful about my penis. It flopped out from under the towel once, and he tucked it back in by using the towel. By far at least twice as good as I've ever had! He massaged everything including my chest and abs! He rubbed each of my 6-pack muscles, which I hadn't realised were sore.  I massaged him also in towel. It was a reall

Sarah, Sam, Liz, & I had a family meeting after dinner tonight and told the girls tonight that we wouldn’t be doing any more reconciliation. (Just prior Liz was joking that we’d have a re-commitment ceremony where Sam could be the bridesmaid and Liz would be my best man.) The girls banded together and made a list of questions. Starting with “Why?” Sarah answered but Liz was only half listening and Sam was distracted. But after she answered I respectfully said, “I don’t agree with that”, so we didn’t repeat it when they asked. We had discussed this possibility beforehand.  The girls wanted to ask us questions independently, but we said we wouldn’t because we didn’t want to triangulate them even inadvertently, so we would answer questions together. They asked if we were getting divorced. We said no.  They had a few other questions and finished with, “How long until we can rib you with Bible verses about how God hates divorce?” (They had already been ribbing us.) We then realised ther