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Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

#362: How To Be a Better "Better Half" with Jamie Ivey

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

Authentic Intimacy®

Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

A complement, according to Webster, is “something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect.” Romantic as that is, it’s a tall order in a relationship between two imperfect people! So then, what does it look like to be your spouse’s complement? In this episode, Jamie Ivey shares what God has taught her as she looks back on her own marriage of 20 years. No simplistic formulas, no easy answers, and no perfect people; just rich conversation and bold truth – so grab your Java and join us!

Guest: Jamie Ivey

I grew up thinking that a marriage is where the man works, makes money, then comes home and sits in his Lazy Boy, and the wife has dinner ready by the time he gets there... that's not what God says marriage is. He doesn't say the man goes and works and the woman makes dinner -- and there's no Lazy Boy in the Bible. -Jamie Ivey

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Java with Julie. I am Julie Slattery and I'm really glad that you're here.

0:07.0

Well today I get to share a fun conversation with Jamie Ivy.

0:12.0

Jamie has been a guest on Java with Julie before and what I really love about Jamie is she's vulnerable, she just says it like it is.

0:19.0

She lets God use her story, and as I mentioned

0:22.4

earlier, she just has a lot of fun. She's one of those people that when you get to know her,

0:26.6

you're like, wow, I really want this to be a friend of mine. And I'm not the only one who feels

0:31.8

that way about Jamie. Her show at The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivy is one of the most popular shows

0:37.4

in Christian podcasting.

0:38.9

Jamie is also the mom of four teenagers.

0:41.8

She's an adoption advocate and an author.

0:45.0

When I was in Austin just a few weeks ago, we grabbed coffee and Jamie and I talked about

0:49.6

ministry and marriage and parenting.

0:52.5

Jamie and her husband Aaron just recently wrote a book called

0:55.3

Compliment, The Surprising Beauty of Choosing Together Over Separate in Marriage. And in our

1:00.9

conversation today, you're going to hear Jamie share about how she and Aaron partner together

1:05.7

to tackle the challenges of life as a team. And that's true even when they don't seem to be on the same

1:11.7

page. Jamie will share very openly about some of the struggles that she and Erin have had,

1:16.4

particularly over the last year, to get on the same page. We'll link to that book,

1:21.2

compliment and to Jamie's podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivy, in our show notes and our website

1:27.1

authentic intimacy.com.

1:29.0

Now, let's head to the coffee shop for my conversation with Jamie Ivy.

1:37.1

All right, Jamie, I feel like I am in the happy place for the happy hour.

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