Hey everybody, welcome back. It's Francie. I'm your host on the podcast and I want to say,

I'm glad you're here. And today we're diving into something that is tricky for so many of us.

So stick around. We're going to talk about using our words and having a sexual vocabulary.

And that is tricky.

And it's silly.

Why is this so hard?

Why are we adults?

And we can talk about the economy and politics and theology and philosophy.

And yet when it comes to our sex lives and our bodies, it's like we become two-year-olds. And we can't use the proper words.

We don't know how to use the proper words. We don't know how to use playful words. We don't know how to

be comfortable saying any of it. I say we, the royal we, me included. And so this is an invitation

to change that, to grow through that.

So this is one of our conversations on the intentional intimacy ideas summer series we're doing.

And I'm really glad you're here.

We're going to talk about the power of words.

And we're going to get a little bit more free today.

So, Lord, thank you for freedom.

Thank you that we don't have to walk in shackles of shame and the paralysis of fear

and the intensity of silence that you have given us the gift of thinking and words and articulation

and communication to build connection and intimacy and love. So Lord, we pray that you would

lead us in that road today down a road of freedom and love. So, Lord, we pray that you would lead us in that road today down a road of

freedom and joy and clarity in Jesus' name. Amen. Okay. So here's what dawned on me at one point.

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