Jodi Dieker
Staff Writer
The Gift of Human Sexuality Symposium spoke into what it means to live our personal vocations to the fullest according to our sexuality. This event took place on Sept. 1 in the JC Williams Center.
Professor Zach Stueve and Dr. Susie Waldstein began the symposium by discussing The Call to Manhood, exploring how manhood actualizes itself through fatherhood.
They specifically highlighted the quality of masculine tenderness, the ability to teach, and the value of supporting and protecting the wife.
Reflecting on their own experiences of marriage, Stueve and Waldstein recalled how their spouses helped to form them more into who they were made to be.
Waldstein recalled how her husband created the space she needed in order to best provide for their children. This idea of a husband being able to provide for his wife so she can receive from and give back to him was a key idea of what it means to be a man.
Stueve explained how he learned both the values and dangers of hard work when it comes to providing as a man. He talked about how if he overfocused on working, then he would not be able to be present for his family in a way a father should be.
Men are taught how to live out their vocations to the fullest in and from Christ.
“Jesus is what it means to be a Man,” Stueve stated.
The Gift of Human Sexuality Symposium’s Series will continue and a panel discussion will be held Sept. 8, 9 p.m.