Hi, welcome to Java with Julie. My name is Kristen, and I'm from Cleveland, Ohio.

So my first year of working my current job, my boss asked when she learned I was a Christian,

just straight up asked me, I'm gay, what do you think of gay marriage? And if it were not for the

wisdom of God and feeling equipped from this show, I would not have gotten through that conversation comfortably.

But I felt so equipped and full of God's truth and grace.

And three years later, my boss and I have a wonderful relationship, and we've both grown from that conversation together.

So thank you for all that you do.

It impacts even the smallest moments of my life and conversations.

Now, let's grab our Java.

It's time for Java with Julie.

Hey, friend, this is Julie Slatery, and thanks for listening to Java with Julie.

And special thanks to Kristen for that great introduction to the show.

Hey, I'd love to hear from you.

Why do you listen to Java with Julie?

If you'd like to share that with us, look for a link in our show notes, and tell us how you take your Java.

This podcast, as always, is an outreach of the ministry authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated

to reclaiming God's design for sexuality, and we're going to do that today.

My guest is Dr. Michael Saitzma.

Mike is a Christian sex therapist with a full-time practice in Atlanta, Georgia,

called Building Intimate Marriages. His practice keeps him really busy, which is why I'm very

grateful for the chance to sit down with them. And Mike believes that all of us have a dance that we do

when it comes to navigating our fears and insecurities. and that dance actually shows up in sex and

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