Hey, welcome to Job with Julie.

I'm Julie Slattery and are so glad that you've joined me for coffee this week.

This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality.

Well, today I'm talking with Mary Cassian.

She's the author of a new book called The Right Kind of Strong.

Now, the premise comes out of a few verses in 2 Timothy

where Paul mentions weak women and some of the habits that characterize them.

I love the idea of talking about what it means to be a strong woman

by actually studying the example of what about what it means to be a strong woman by actually studying

the example of what feminine strength shouldn't be.

Mary is a woman I've been wanting to have on job with Julie for a long time.

She's an outspoken writer and teacher on the topics of biblical womanhood and femininity,

and is a distinguished professor of women's studies. We sat down to talk about the

difference between what the world considers to be weak or strong in womanhood versus what the

Bible actually says about it. So some of the questions we're going to tackle are, what's wrong

with the current cultural message of feminine strength? Is it good that girls are encouraged to be strong?

And with so many voices in our culture, how do we discern what's true?

How does a Christian woman fully embrace their strength, but not use it in a way that tears

down her relationships?

Before we jump into my conversation with Mary, I want to share another review from a

job with Julie listener. Laura wrote, I want to share another review from a Java with Julie listener.

Laura wrote, I've been praying and looking for resources on the topic of sexuality that

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