Happy New Year. You're listening to Java with Julie, hosted by me, Julie Slattery.

And let me just tell you, this podcast is listeners supported, and it's an outreach of a ministry

called Authentic Inimacy, where we really help people make sense of God in sexuality.

Well, what better time to talk about change, discipleship, and how we grow than the first day of the year.

In today's episode, I'm joined by author Michael Hendricks, who currently serves as the director of

Life Model Consulting at Life Model Works. Along with his mentor, Jim Wilder, Michael co-authored

a book called The Other Half of the Church,

where he explains the need for us to engage the right side of our brains in the discipleship

journey. In our conversation today, we're going to talk about how just reading a book or

listening to sermons is not going to be enough for you to continue to heal and grow in your

relationship with Christ.

Now, the concepts in this book have really helped me understand what has often been missing

in my own discipleship journey, as well as informing how we continue to develop opportunities

at this ministry, authentic intimacy.

Maybe as we start this new year, you feel kind of stuck and disillusioned with your spiritual

growth or maturity, and you really want to start moving in the right direction.

Well, this episode is going to challenge the way you think about healing, transformation,

and spiritual formation.

So go ahead and grab your Java and listen to my conversation with Michael

Hendricks. Well, Michael, I am super excited to have you on Java with Julie to talk about the book

that you co-authored called The Other Half of Church. And I have to say that I think this is probably one of the most profound books that I've read in the last year.

And I read a lot of books.

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