Hey friend, welcome to Job with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, your host, and this podcast is an outreach

of authentic intimacy. So today's conversation is going to be with a friend and an author that

some of you may know about. His name is Jay Stringer, and he is the author of the book Unwanted.

He's also a licensed mental health counselor.

And he was on job with Julia a number years ago talking about his book Unwanted.

That book I think has been transformational for many people and it's one that I often recommend.

Well, in the years since Jay wrote that book, he's continued to meet

with clients, he's created courses. As you'll hear in our conversation, he and I are often

speaking at the same events, just trying to help change the landscape of how the church

addresses sexual issues. You know, Jay's passion is really to look at our sexual struggles or unwanted sexual desire

and find out how the threads of even our childhood and wounds we've experienced play into that

and encourage us to really seek a more holistic approach to what it means to honor God with our sexuality,

not just by changing our behavior, but to honor God with our sexuality, not just by changing

our behavior, but really inviting God into our wounds so that we experience deeper healing.

Well, the good news is Jay is now working on a new research project that will lead to a new book,

and he's studying the complexity of our desires, really looking at what are good desires,

what are unwanted desires, how does that play out in sexuality and relationships?

And I mentioned to you that he likes to write his books based on research.

So he's in the middle of a big research project right now.

And that's not only something that you'll get to learn about as he gives us a

sneak peek into it, but it's also something that you'll have an invitation to participate in,

which you'll hear as you listen to my conversation with Jay. Well, let's head to the coffee shop

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