Midlife Plot Twists with Lucy Baber
Midlife Plot Twists with Lucy Baber
Lucy Baber
#012: Sex & Faith in Midlife - Reverend Dr. Beverly Dale
56 minutes Posted Jun 25, 2021 at 12:37 pm.
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
Her Personal Story as Sexually Repressed & Ignorant
Where is Sex Negativity in the Gospels? Nowhere
Radical Rules Around Love
What is the most loving thing for me?What is the most loving thing for my partner?Getting Off vs. Get It On
Controlling Pleasure & Women in the Church
Referencing Jesus in the Text
How Sex Negativity Impact Relationships with God
Types of Churches
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
The Name Change
Midlife Plot Twits 
Advice to Younger Self
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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.