#356: Sex & the City of God (What Life Looks Like When We Love God First)
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
That longing you have to be fully known? God put it there. It’s meant to draw you into intimacy with Him. Yet, we try to fill it with people (or things) who can never know us completely. In this episode, Juli talks with Carolyn Weber, author of "Sex and the City of God," about what life looks like when we choose to love God first.
Guest: Carolyn Weber
Mentioned:
- Sex and the City of God* (Carolyn's book)
- Passion Pursuit (Bible study)
- Sex and the Single Girl (book study)
- What's the Purpose of Your Sexuality, Really? (blog)
- Follow Java with Juli in Apple Podcasts
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friend, I'm Julie Slattery and you're listening to Java with Julie. |
| 0:08.0 | This podcast is an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's design for sexuality. |
| 0:14.8 | My guest today is Carolyn Weber. |
| 0:17.3 | Now, if Jane Austen worked at Authentic Inmesy, I think she might have written a book like |
| 0:22.1 | Carolyn's most recent book called Sex and the City of God. |
| 0:26.7 | Through this beautiful memoir, Carolyn teaches the reader about love and sexuality because |
| 0:31.4 | she captivates us with her own story. |
| 0:33.9 | Now Carolyn is actually Dr. Carolyn Weber. |
| 0:37.2 | She's a scholar and has a doctorate degree from Oxford |
| 0:39.8 | University in England. She's also been on the faculty of many prestigious universities, both |
| 0:45.1 | Christian and secular, and is a popular speaker on the intersection of faith and literature, |
| 0:49.9 | as well as women in faith. In our conversation today, you're going to hear me and Carolyn talk |
| 0:54.8 | about her story and how loving God changes the way we view every other relationship. She's also |
| 1:01.2 | going to share why the power of our stories can be the greatest witness to the truth of God. |
| 1:06.7 | We'll link to Carolyn's book, Sex and the City of God in our show notes and at Authenticinemacy.com. |
| 1:13.1 | But before you jump in, please don't forget that you are our best resource to spread the word about this podcast and the work of authentic intimacy. |
| 1:21.7 | People are finding us because you have recommended Java with Julie and other authentic intimacy resources. |
| 1:27.4 | So thank you. I'm so |
| 1:29.2 | grateful that you choose to join me every week and we can walk into 2021 together sharing the love |
| 1:34.7 | of Jesus with others. Now listen in to my conversation with Carolyn Weber. |
| 1:49.4 | Well Carolyn, I'm so glad to have the chance to speak with you. |
| 1:54.8 | We had a recording scheduled a few months ago, and something came up in your life, and we had to reschedule it. |
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