Giving and receiving safe, healthy, non-sexual touch is a basic human need.

This weekend, take steps to be intentional about touch in your life.  Here are some ideas you might try:

• get a massage, or give one

• get a hug, or give one (a real one, not the room-for-the-Holy-Spirit-between-you kind)

• not big on hugs? try handshakes, fist-bumps, or high-fives

• go dancing (ballroom, anyone?)

• volunteer in the nursery

• babysit

• join a pickup game of touch football, ultimate frisbee, or another light contact team sport

• have coffee with a close friend and practice touching their hand or arm briefly during conversation

Come back and share your experience in the comment box below.