Comments on: #106. The side hug. http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/ Musings by Jon Acuff Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:58:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Petra http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-84825 Petra Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:24:52 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-84825 haha... how did you know?? I've been rocking the side hug for a while... haha… how did you know?? I've been rocking the side hug for a while…

]]> By: @freekristen http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-82247 @freekristen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:01:55 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-82247 Nothing combines the purity of the side hug with all the impersonal distance of a handshake like the hand-hug. Like a high-five or handshake, the opposite hands are extended towards each other. The palms then meet with finger tips facing upward. Next, the thumb reaches around to the back of the other person's hand (in lieu of arms), embracing the hands. In fact, this is probably even holier than a side hug because you can maintain two arms length between you and the other party at all times. : D Great way to great fellow summer staffers of the opposite sex in the morning and not have campers spend the rest of the week trying to get you to fall in love and get married at sunset on Friday (you may thinking I'm joking. I'm not). As a summer camp staffer, I know all the reasons we maintain boundaries between staff and campers and I completely respect that. We do side-hug, high-five, and show affection to campers. We just make sure it could no way be misconstrued. Especially since whole families come to camp, it is a great way to demonstrate the respect for the marriages of our campers! It's also a way to be "all things to all people" that we may show them the love of Christ! Nothing combines the purity of the side hug with all the impersonal distance of a handshake like the hand-hug. Like a high-five or handshake, the opposite hands are extended towards each other. The palms then meet with finger tips facing upward. Next, the thumb reaches around to the back of the other person's hand (in lieu of arms), embracing the hands. In fact, this is probably even holier than a side hug because you can maintain two arms length between you and the other party at all times. : D Great way to great fellow summer staffers of the opposite sex in the morning and not have campers spend the rest of the week trying to get you to fall in love and get married at sunset on Friday (you may thinking I'm joking. I'm not).

As a summer camp staffer, I know all the reasons we maintain boundaries between staff and campers and I completely respect that. We do side-hug, high-five, and show affection to campers. We just make sure it could no way be misconstrued. Especially since whole families come to camp, it is a great way to demonstrate the respect for the marriages of our campers! It's also a way to be "all things to all people" that we may show them the love of Christ!

]]> By: @freekristen http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-1/#comment-82243 @freekristen Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:44:17 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-82243 I just saw your comment and wanted to tell you how sorry I am that you feel unloved by your Christian friends! You are correct that if we love Christ, we will love others. We should show it too! I don't know they situation or why they refuse to hug, but believe me, hugging is not forbidden in the Bible. You know why? God is love, he wove the need and desire to love and be loved into our hearts! Hugs are one of the ways we can show it. I pray that you would know the love of God, by having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and that you can find Christian friends who will encourage you in your faith, and encourage you with demonstrating their friendship (with hugs!) I just saw your comment and wanted to tell you how sorry I am that you feel unloved by your Christian friends! You are correct that if we love Christ, we will love others. We should show it too! I don't know they situation or why they refuse to hug, but believe me, hugging is not forbidden in the Bible. You know why? God is love, he wove the need and desire to love and be loved into our hearts! Hugs are one of the ways we can show it. I pray that you would know the love of God, by having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and that you can find Christian friends who will encourage you in your faith, and encourage you with demonstrating their friendship (with hugs!)

]]> By: fun & comedy » Blog Archive » The Christian Side Hug: Real or Hoax? http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-80612 fun & comedy » Blog Archive » The Christian Side Hug: Real or Hoax? Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:50:22 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-80612 [...] Law. In other words, it’s satire. The concept of the side hug traces back to the humor site Stuff Christians Like, where it’s identified as [...] [...] Law. In other words, it’s satire. The concept of the side hug traces back to the humor site Stuff Christians Like, where it’s identified as [...]

]]> By: OneCandleOfLife http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-79981 OneCandleOfLife Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:41:36 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-79981 Side hugs are just terrible. They are weak, flimsy, tentative, and any other synonym for weak. Full fledged hugs really are the best way to tell someone that you care for them. Id be willing to say that even Jesus didn't side-hug people. Now, if hugging someone is honestly that big of a lust issue, than just don't hug at all. Ive had discussions about hugs with probably all of my friends (ranging from very close to the ones I see once every couple weeks) and side-hugs were repeatedly shot down. I guess the point of my rambling is that there is nothing wrong with body to body hugs, but if you really feel that there's something wrong with them, then I guess the side-hug is o.k. Side hugs are just terrible. They are weak, flimsy, tentative, and any other synonym for weak. Full fledged hugs really are the best way to tell someone that you care for them. Id be willing to say that even Jesus didn't side-hug people. Now, if hugging someone is honestly that big of a lust issue, than just don't hug at all. Ive had discussions about hugs with probably all of my friends (ranging from very close to the ones I see once every couple weeks) and side-hugs were repeatedly shot down. I guess the point of my rambling is that there is nothing wrong with body to body hugs, but if you really feel that there's something wrong with them, then I guess the side-hug is o.k.

]]> By: j http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-79673 j Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:02:39 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-79673 Yo Jon!! whats your honest take on the side hug??? humor aside.. Yo Jon!! whats your honest take on the side hug??? humor aside..

]]> By: anonymous http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-1/#comment-78171 anonymous Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:29:50 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-78171 Yeah for you ... you win ... What are you willing to give up in order to treasure Christ more and help others treasure Christ more ... what are you willing to take for self pleasure at the risk of someone else's purity .... let's remind ourselves that Jesus defined adultery as "looking at a woman to lust after her in your heart" ... pretty high standards there ... a little restraint will go along way in winning that battle Yeah for you … you win … What are you willing to give up in order to treasure Christ more and help others treasure Christ more … what are you willing to take for self pleasure at the risk of someone else's purity …. let's remind ourselves that Jesus defined adultery as "looking at a woman to lust after her in your heart" … pretty high standards there … a little restraint will go along way in winning that battle

]]> By: BKG http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-76942 BKG Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:19:25 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-76942 I suppose hugging yourself would lead to masturbation. Can't hug your dog or cat - look out for beastiality! Actions like a frontal hug is not going to lead to sinning. Sin starts in the heart long before an action. This side hug thing is lame and embarrassing. If you don't want to hug someone, shake their hand. I suppose hugging yourself would lead to masturbation. Can't hug your dog or cat – look out for beastiality!

Actions like a frontal hug is not going to lead to sinning. Sin starts in the heart long before an action. This side hug thing is lame and embarrassing. If you don't want to hug someone, shake their hand.

]]> By: gracemercygrace http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-76803 gracemercygrace Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:59:09 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-76803 Side Hugs....good and bad. With Christian friends who I know...I like the full frontal hug saying that we know who each other is very great! I'm also talking when you hug...hug like you mean it. Hug somewhat hard (not squeezing the breath out of them) and hold it for longer than a second. Depending on the person if they continue to hug I do too. Then...know when to let go...especially if the other has loosened their hug and given you the hand tap saying...I'm done...please let go. Side hugs are acceptable when its a man and I know him better than a handshake...but not comfortable (yet or ever) with a full frontal hug. Side Hugs….good and bad. With Christian friends who I know…I like the full frontal hug saying that we know who each other is very great! I'm also talking when you hug…hug like you mean it. Hug somewhat hard (not squeezing the breath out of them) and hold it for longer than a second. Depending on the person if they continue to hug I do too. Then…know when to let go…especially if the other has loosened their hug and given you the hand tap saying…I'm done…please let go. Side hugs are acceptable when its a man and I know him better than a handshake…but not comfortable (yet or ever) with a full frontal hug.

]]> By: Khaddafina http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/comment-page-3/#comment-76437 Khaddafina Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:33:05 +0000 http://70.32.99.203/2008/04/106-the-side-hug/#comment-76437 HAA!!! I'm new to the blog. Gr8t post! HAA!!! I'm new to the blog. Gr8t post!

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