Hey guys, welcome to Job with Julie. I am Julie Slattery, and this podcast is an outreach of authentic

and agency, a ministry dedicated to helping people make sense of God and sexuality.

Well, today's a little bit different. I think it's really fun. You're about to hear a live recording

from the family life, love like you mean

at marriage cruise, where my husband Mike and I had the opportunity to speak to a room filled with

couples, just like you, who are navigating both the good and the hard things in marriage.

So in this talk, we open up about our more than 30 years of marriage, how vastly

different we are and how those differences have created tension, but ultimately how God has

taught us to let those differences actually strengthen our relationship rather than divide us.

You're going to hear some very personal stories about parenting, communication struggles,

to differences in our personalities, expectations, and even sexual intimacy. And just a heads

up, my husband, Mike, is funny. If you don't know him, he brings his usual humor and spontaneity

to the conversation. So you're going to hear those differences of me even trying to keep them back on track a few

times.

If you want to know more about the Love Like You Minute Cruise and maybe even join us in

27, you can look for that link in our show notes or head to Lovelikeumitcruise.com.

Okay, so Mike and I have been married for almost 32 years.

Yes, yes.

Yeah, that's amazing.

And when we got married, we were so different.

And you know what, 32 years later, we're still so different. We have different

approaches to anything. I think the only thing we agree on is God and pickleball. We can't, I mean,

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