S5: MINISERIES: Stop Making First Dates So Weird with JD Rodgers

Heart of Dating

That Sounds Fun Network

Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Why are Christians so "weird" about first date? Today, JD and Kait are back to discuss some of the hottest topics in Christian Dating. First Dates are seemingly perceived as "marriage proposals" in the Christian world... so how can we take the pressure off? We simply enjoy it and take it date by date! Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Singles? Join our huge HOD Family on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdatingpodcast Come hang with us on the gram: http://instagram.com/heartofdating http://instagram.com/kaitness . . . . . A quick thank you to some of our friends! Faithful Counseling: Our #1 resource for affordable, reliable, Christian therapy. You can get 10% off your first month by going to http://getfaithful.com/heartofdating Compassion International: Do you have a burning desire to be a parent but feel stuck in singleness? Do you want to make lasting, powerful impact in your life as a single? We are a proud partner of Compassion International. Our community of singles has sponsored hundreds of kids all around the world, and we’d love to invite you to join us on this compelling mission. http://compassion.com/heartofdating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Friends, welcome, welcome, welcome, it's Kate Worman here, your host, and you're listening to our very special mini series on the Heart of Dating Podcast, where we are tackling some of your hottest and biggest dating questions and hang-ups.
0:13.6	Now for the series I brought on my good friend J.D. Rogers,
0:16.7	who is a pastor at the porch, the largest young adults ministry in the world.
0:21.2	And he also happens to be a single dude, okay? Now today
0:24.4	J.D. and I are talking about how to stop making first dates so weird.
0:29.4	Because y'all, I don't know what it is, but as Christians Christians we just can't seem to get this right
0:34.8	We put a lot of pressure on first dates. We make them awkward. We aren't even able to really enjoy ourselves and we also have a tendency as a community in our church
0:45.4	communities to freak out whenever we find out that two people we know are going
0:49.7	on a date. Y'all we need to chill. In the words of Taylor Swift, we need to calm down, okay? So
0:56.8	J.D. and I redefine how we should look at a first date, what the goal of a first
1:01.0	date is and should be,
1:02.8	and how we can actually enjoy this process of dating.
1:06.1	I also venture to say this episode is not only for first dates,
1:09.6	but it really goes into the first few dates
1:12.0	in the dating process. So are you ready for it? Are you
1:15.2	ready to stop being awkward and making first dates so weird? I want you to
1:18.9	enjoy your next first date. Let's get into it. And we're back, J.D. What's up? Here we go.
1:30.0	We're back, JD. What's up?
1:32.0	Here we go. Round, what round are we on I don't even know around
1:36.4	We're on so you're on whatever round and we're I'm pumped
1:41.1	Welcome welcome everybody. Okay. I'm pumped out welcome. Welcome everybody.
1:43.5	Okay, I'm really pumped about this conversation
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