Hey friend, welcome to Job with Julie, hosted by me Julie Slattery.

This podcast is listener supported, and it's an outreach of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated

to helping you make sense of God and sexuality.

Now as followers of Jesus, we are supposed to be known by our love, but if we're honest, that's not always how it

plays out. I mean, sometimes the people who feel our love the least are actually the people

closest to us. And when it comes to those who think or live or believe differently, that kind of love

can almost feel impossible. So what we're going to be talking about

today is how we can love like God loves us when it's hard, what is awkward, and when it's just

plain messy. My guest is Bible teacher Jada Edwards, and we're going to be talking about her new book,

A New Way to Love Your Neighbor.

You'll hear how God challenged Jada about the way she thought she was loving others

and how that process truly transformed the way she approaches her relationships today.

Jada and her husband Conway planted one community church in Plano, Texas in 2008, and it now has over

13 campuses.

I had the privilege of speaking there earlier in the year, and I'm not kidding when I say

there was something noticeably different about the way this congregation loved each other.

It seemed almost tangible.

And that's why I'm so excited to share Jada's wisdom with you today.

So let's head to the coffee shop for my conversation with Jada Edwards.

Well, Jada, I am so happy to have you on job with Julie.

I am remembering back to the very first time I met

you, which was probably a hundred years ago, feels like it was another life. Yeah, do you remember it?

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