Welcome to Java with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery with Mike Slattery today. Thanks for joining me, Mike.

You got it. Yeah. This podcast is an outreach of the ministry, authentic intimacy, which helps you reclaim God's design for sexuality. So it is that very special week between Christmas and New Year's.

Crazy week.

Crazy or you get off work, work is slow.

Yeah, it's just kind of...

Did work ever slow for us?

No.

So, yeah, this is maybe a time where you're off work and you're with family or you're traveling.

Maybe you're in the car right now driving from your Christmas gathering? That's not stressful. Not at all. You're debriefing. I know. But it's just kind of that week where you do some review of what was the last year like and then you start thinking, I guess maybe I should plan some New Year's resolutions.

There you go.

You get out the New Year's resolutions that all the gym memberships get activated for the month. I know. You step on the scale, you open the bills, and you're like, all right. There's so much good food during the holiday. It makes it hard. It really does. Yeah. What's your favorite thing that you cannot pass up? I know the answer to this. Oh, you know the answer?

The Christmas tort.

Yep.

It's a slattery tradition. It is. And the kids fight you over it. That's right. I've actually just learned to order a bunch of them. So everybody, everybody gets your own tort. It's a mint tort with chocolate with a mint filling, like a little cake layer for those who don't know what that is.

But it's very delicious.

Well, do you think there's something I can't pass up at Christmas? I'm trying to think. You like popcorn. I do like popcorn. Moody, because you're on the board, they always send you a bucket that it's a love-hate relationship. Oh, it is. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, the cheesy popcorn. That would be... Cheezing mixed with caramel. That would be my nemesis. Get it out of the house. There you go. I think a lot of people know that you are now working with me full-time at Authentic Immacy. I am. It's crazy. I hear people say, wow, he's got a great podcasting voice. They never say that about me. But that's okay. You bring all the content. Yeah. You get the brains. But you got the voice. They never say that about me. But that's okay.

You bring all the content.

You get the brains.

But you got the voice.

Well, I also thought I'd just take a few minutes and share behind the scenes what Mike Slattery's

really like.

So here are some fun facts about Mike.

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