Hey friends, the exiles in Babylon conference is happening again April 18th through the 20th

in 2024 in Boise, Idaho. We're talking about deconstruction of the gospel, women power and

abuse in the church, LGBTQ inclusion in the church, and three Christian views on politics and

the gospel. We've got a loaded lineup of speakers including Joshua Harris, Abigail Favalli,

I mean Hudson, Evan Wickham, Julie Slattery, Tiffany Bloom, Sandy Richter, Laurie Cree, Greg

Coles, Arperia, Brenna Blaine, Catloprieri, Chris Butler, Carol Swain, Brian Zon,

plus a live podcast with Hip Hop All-Star KB, and I mean Hudson of the South Side Rabbi podcast,

Street Hems will be performing throughout the conference, worship by Evan Wickham and Teneca

Wyatt, and also Max Lakado's going to be there. All the information is at theologyinthera.com. Again,

if you want to attend live in person, I would register sooner than later. We're also going to

live student conference that option is there as well. Again, exiles in Babylon, 2024, April 18th

through the 20th. Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology and Around,

my guest today is Rachel Joy Welcher, who is a poet and an author living in South Dakota.

She has a master's degree from St Andrews in Scotland and is the author of several books,

including the one that we talk about in this podcast. It is titled Talking Back to Peerity Culture,

Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality, and this was a very honest and engaging conversation.

I'm really excited for you to jump in. So please welcome to the show for the first time,

the one or only, Rachel Joy Welcher.

Rachel, thanks so much for joining me on Theology and Around. Oh, it's great to be here.

You've been a pretty highly requested guest, by the way. In fact, just yesterday,

I was going through some messages from my Patreon supporters and one in particular like,

hey, are you going to have Rachel on yet? Because she was one of the many that have been

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