#012: Sex & Faith in Midlife - Reverend Dr. Beverly Dale

25/06/2021 56 min
#012: Sex & Faith in Midlife - Reverend Dr. Beverly Dale

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Episode Synopsis

It's not often that you hear of faith-based sex positivity being discussed by a well respected Reverend. Today, our special guest is Reverend Dr. Beverly Dale, aka Dale, who is the founder of The Incarnation Institute of Sex & Faith, joins us to discuss sexual healing, sex positivity, and faith! In this liberating conversation, she peels away the barriers that many of us put up from a sex negative upbringing and shares scripture-based references highlighting how many churches could shift how they're educating about sex.Meet The Reverend Dr. Beverly Dale (1:54)Her Personal Story as Sexually Repressed & Ignorant (5:18)Where is Sex Negativity in the Gospels? Nowhere (10:17)Radical Rules Around Love (15:47)What is the most loving thing for me?What is the most loving thing for my partner?Getting Off vs. Get It On (16:25)Controlling Pleasure & Women in the Church (20:10)Referencing Jesus in the Text (25:06)How Sex Negativity Impact Relationships with God (27:14)Types of Churches (34:36)Institutional ChurchBureaucratic ChurchThe Church that says they’re the churchThe people inside an organization that knows god’s loveShowing Interest in Learning vs. Deconstructing the Church (38:40)The Name Change (42:14)Midlife Plot Twits (47:45)Advice to Younger Self (50:58)Linkshttps://www.incarnationinstitute.org/WebinarsSex is Good SeriesSex Positive BooksSample Programs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.