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#248: Gay Girl, Good God: Jackie’s Story

"If you ask him to, God will make you straight." Have you ever said this to a loved one who is struggling...

#247: Healthy Conversations With Kids About Sex

Julie Lyles Carr has parented eight children over the last 25 years. We think she might have a thing or two to teach us about...

#246: Lies You Believe About Sex

"I'm not loved if I'm not desired." "I don't deserve a great sex life." "God...

Webinar: Tools You Need for Healthier Relationships

You have a lot of relationships in your life: parents, family, friends, colleagues, and your spouse. These relationships have huge effects on your emotional health, day to day living, and often your interaction with God. What percentage of your relationships are...

#245: The Link Between Your Bedroom & Your Bank Account

Have you ever hidden a receipt from your spouse? Join Juli and her guests to find out why holding grudges or...

#169: Your Wounded Heart

It wasn’t that bad. What happened to you definitely wasn’t as bad as other abuse stories you’ve heard and read about. It’s...

#244: Your Love-Hate Relationship with Food

Do you want out of your love-hate relationship with food? This isn't a conversation about what you should or...

#243: Your Favorites From 2018

We've got clips from your favorite Java episodes from 2018! You'll hear from Gary Thomas on roles in marriage, Laurie Krieg on...

#242: Worried About the Future? Find Hope Here

We naturally fear what we don't understand or can't control -- like the messages and confusion surrounding...

#33: What’s It Like to Be Married to Me?

Have you ever asked yourself, What's it like to be married to me? What's it like to make love with me? Why do I want to stay mad? ...

Webinar: His Brain, Her Brain

Our world is always telling us men and women are not different, but is that true? In this webinar, Dr. Walt & Barb Larimore will discuss how gender differences don't just exist--they are an important part of who God created us to be. You'll also learn how the...

#241: Women Struggle With Porn Too

Do you think women don't get addicted to porn? Think again. In this episode Juli's guest shares candidly about how she became...

#240: Birth Control & Family Planning

Is it okay to use birth control? Can the pill cause an early abortion? Juli and her guest discuss the ethical issues that surround...

#239: Stop Dreading Christmas

Somewhere along the line, this "most wonderful time of the year" overwhelms us, making our souls feel both...

#238: Josh Harris is Rethinking “I Kissed Dating Goodbye”

What if you gave millions of people the wrong advice? Two decades ago Josh Harris turned the Christian dating world...

#237: BONUS! Reconstructing Intimacy After Breast Cancer

"I never imagined there would be a point in my life when a piece of me would have to be reconstructed. That at age...

#235: How the Purity Movement Hurt Us

"I always thought that if I did everything the way God told us to, then I would be blessed, I would be happy, and I would have a...

#234: We Can Do THAT in the Bedroom?

What's OK in the bedroom? Juli, Linda & Yvette tackle one of our most popular questions in this episode of Java...

Webinar: Sexuality and Parenting

How do you teach your kids about God's design and purpose for sexuality? How do you relate to your kids when today's sexual culture is so different from the sexual culture of your own childhood? During this webinar, Dr. Juli Slattery explains what it looks like to...

#233: Understanding Your Man

From "All he thinks about is sex!" to "Why doesn't he ever initiate?" this Java with Juli...

#232: When Sexual Abuse Happens At Church

When sexual abuse happens in the church our leaders are (historically) more likely to defend the powerful than to...

#230: Juli & Linda Answer Your Questions About Marriage

Do you believe the Bible has answers to your questions about marriage and sexuality? We know it does! On this Java with Juli, Juli...

#229: Sex, Teens, & Parenting

Your daughter is sexting her boyfriend. Your son sees porn on a friend's phone. Now that you've yelled, confiscated their devices...

Webinar: Female Friendships—the Good AND the Bad

We can all agree that having female friends is a great gift in life, but why can they cause so much difficulty? Dr. Juli Slattery hosts this webinar with one of her favorite friends, Erin Smalley! These two share the value in friendship, be honest about why it can be...

#227: Couples Therapy For Intimacy Issues

Have you ever wondered whether or not you should see a sex therapist? From sexual addiction to sexual anorexia, a good therapist can...

#48: My Controlling Spouse

If you are fearful or hesitant to share your true thoughts with your spouse, you may be in an unhealthy pattern with a controlling spouse. What are the red flags, and how can you change things? Very few couples know how to address this issue, but it can be a fatal...

#226: Culture, Technology & Your Child

If raising kids isn’t hard enough, throw smart phones, social media and video games into the mix and you have...

Webinar: Sex Talk in Your Marriage: Conversations Every Couple Should Be Having

You can read books on how to have "the talk" with your kids, but do you have the talk in your marriage? We believe that conversations around sexuality should not just take place when there is a problem or you are figuring out when to have sex. In this webinar, Dr....

#225: How To Find the Right Guy

There is no magic formula to find a great husband, but there are decisions you can make today that will help you...

Webinar: Rethinking Sexuality: God’s Design and Why It Matters

We believe every Christian needs to be equipped with a Biblical understanding of sexuality. Not just, "Don't do it until your married,"but a full, practical, and Biblical narrative that we know, live out, and teach others. Dr. Juli Slattery invites you to join her for...

Webinar: Fighting Masturbation and Fantasy

Every day we receive questions from men and women around masturbation and fantasy. Is masturbation a sin? How do I know when I've "crossed the line" into sinful sexual fantasy? How do we differentiate between healthy sexual desire and sinful lust? What if I'm single?...

#221: Conversations You Should Be Having About Money

How important is it for us to get out of debt? Should we give to our church? Where is the balance between having faith...

#224: Sexuality & Surrender

Laurie daily submits her same-sex sexuality to the Lordship of Christ while married to her best friend, Matt. ...

#223: Counseling: When & Why You Should Go

Marriage counseling sounds intimidating... and expensive. So why should you go? (Surely you can sort things out...

#220: Rethinking Sexuality In Your Parenting

If you don’t teach your children about sex, someone else will. Listen in as Juli shares the resources you...

#219: Rethinking Sexuality in Your Marriage

Does God care about what goes on inside your bedroom? We think so. God has something to teach you about...

#218: Rethinking Sexuality in Your Life

Do I really need to save sex for marriage? What’s wrong with porn if I’m not hurting anyone...

#217: Finding Hope After Betrayal

The man who vowed to love, cherish and protect you is cheating, lying and hiding. Now what? In this episode, Dr. Juli Slattery is...

#216: BONUS! Do You Have an Agenda?

Relationships are tricky. Loving others well takes intentionality. It’s hard to watch our friends, co-workers, or kids make sexual...

#215: Miscarriage & Infertility

After years of buying baby gifts for friends, one in every eight women wonder if it will ever be her turn. Is she...

#213: Sexuality & the Conversations the Church Forgot

Ready or not, the body of Christ needs and wants to have conversations about sex. Are you equipped? On this Java with...

#206: BONUS! Rebel Parenting

Ryan Dobson admits he was a rebellious kid. These days, as a husband and father, he’s a different kind of rebel....

#212: Female Friendships Are Complicated

Has a friend ever told you she needs a break from you? Do you make friends fast and lose them quickly? It’s no secret that women...

#210: Enjoying Intimacy in Your Golden Years

It’s no secret that aging changes us. Our bodies don’t work the way they used to. Sex doesn’t work the way it used to. What once happened easily is now difficult and awkward. Is it time to close the chapter on sex? Not so fast! Join Juli and her guests as they...

#209: Tradition, Teaching & Women In the Church

Beth Moore recently blogged “A Letter to My Brothers” and flung open the doors to a discussion about women, teaching, and misogyny...

#208: The Forgiveness & Intimacy Link

Have you ever sabotaged a relationship because you think you deserve to be unhappy? Are you bitter toward a spouse who has already...

Webinar: Guilt & Motherhood: When You Think You’re Messing It Up

Practically every mother wrestles with guilt because there is no such thing as a perfect mom. We instinctively know that the choices we make will impact our children's lives. How can we parent our kids without being paralyzed by the guilt of our mistakes and fear of...

#207: Making Motherhood Meaningful

Hey moms, do you feel like you’re missing out on life while staying at home with kids? Are you exhausted, unsure of yourself, or...

#205: My Husband’s Addiction Saved My Life

From the outside they had a perfect Christian family --a happy marriage, jobs in ministry and successful kids. ...

#204: Managing Your Expectations in Marriage

Once I am married I’ll always feel loved. I’ll never be lonely. Sex will be fantastic because I waited....

Webinar: Loving Your LGBT Neighbor

Ever feel like we're just fumbling through the LGBT conversation, always asking but never really finding Biblical answers to questions like: What does it look like to be friends with my lesbian neighbors? How should I love my gay child and his partner? What if I'm...

#202: Childhood Trauma and How It Impacts You

Powerful moments and memories from our childhood stick with us. They affect who we become and how we interact with others. If your...

#201: Healing From Abuse and Sexual Trafficking

Healing from abuse and sexual trafficking is difficult, but possible. In this Java with Juli, Juli talks with...

Webinar: Having a Mission-Focused Marriage

When Gary Thomas wrote Sacred Marriage, he challenged the ideas many of us had on what's most important in our marriages. During this conversation, Hannah Nitz asks Gary to share his wisdom on making your marriage more "mission-focused." What does it look like to not...

#200: Listening So People Will Talk

The call to be a good listener comes straight from Jesus: in order to feel loved, people have to feel heard. Great...

#199: Sexual Harassment and the Workplace

Sexual harassment in the workplace is all over the news, and it can be challenging to know how to navigate...

#105: Out of the Shadows

Church should be a safe place. But far too often church is an easy environment for pedophiles and abusers to ruin lives, and destroy...

#198: Sharing God’s Message for Sexuality

God redeems our sexuality and allows us to share our stories with a hurting world. In this...

#197: A Pornography Addiction in our Marriage

On this episode, Juli talks with Sanj and Kay Kalra about the way that pornography addiction negatively affected their marriage for...

#196: Public Me vs. Private Me

What things in your life do you try really hard to hide? If my friends knew that I’m struggling with big temptations If people ever...

Webinar: Spicing Up Your Sex Life

Do you know that God's desire is for you and your husband to experience great pleasure in your sex life? Many couples settle for "vanilla" sex for years (aka the missionary position), placing self-imposed restrictions on themselves that have nothing to do with God's...

#195: Finding Your Confidence

Who do you think you are? Do you think you’re brave? Do you think you’re creative? “I love to encourage other women to stop...

#194: Enjoying Date Nights With Your Spouse

Regardless of how long you’ve been married, date nights are still important! In this episode of Java with Juli, Juli talks with Dr....

#193: Loving Your Husband Well

How do you respect your husband when you don't respect his behavior? Are you trying to change your good husband into a perfect...

#192: Engaging in Restorative Relationships

We are wounded in relationships with others, and it only makes sense that relationships are also where our healing will...

Webinar: Give Your Husband the Benefit of the Doubt

After a few years of marriage, it's easy to form a list of things that frustrate us about our spouse. When they make a mistake, drop the ball, or don't meet our expectations, it becomes tempting to roll our eyes and start to expect mistakes. Author and speaker Erin...

#191: Understanding Your Teenager’s Brain

Modern science has allowed us to see exactly what is going on inside the adolescent brain, and what we see can help YOU...

#190: Practical Ways to Love Your Husband

You have great influence in your husband's life. In your unique position, you can either tear him down or build him...

#2: Unleashing the Power of Woman

What’s the difference between having power or being controlling in marriage? How do you have influence...

#189: Loving Your Real Life

As soon as my kids are in school… If only my husband could get that promotion… When I lose these last 10 pounds… We all...

#188: Meet the Women of Christmas

Do you believe that God uses women in beautiful, meaningful and pivotal ways? On this Java with Juli, meet Elizabeth,...

#187: Grace for the Bad (and Not-So-Bad) Girl

“You can’t out sin the grace of God.” That’s a bold statement from our guest Liz Curtis Higgs, author of the...

Webinar: What #MeToo Tells Us

Every week we see a new story come out around a celebrity or politician and sexual abuse. This is sparking conversation all over the internet as men are being outed as abusers and women are coming forward with their stories. This has exploded into an entire movement...

#186: What Can Passion Pursuit Do for You?

Do you desire deeper intimacy with your spouse? Do you want to experience freedom in the bedroom like you’ve never...

Webinar: Human Trafficking in Your City

Do you know what human trafficking looks like in your city? Would you be able to recognize a woman who is in need of help? If so, how would you help her? In this webinar, Hannah Nitz sits down with two women who work against human trafficking everyday in Akron, Ohio....

#185: How Well Do You Know Jesus?

You know the Christmas story by heart. For four weeks of the year you adore and celebrate the babe in the manger. And...

#184: Authentic Intimacy Prepared Me for Marriage

We love hearing your stories. The excitement that flows from the heart of a woman who has been changed by God is...

#183: Always Thankful

Celebrate Thanksgiving once a year? Easy as (pumpkin) pie. Be thankful all year round—through the mundane, the losses,...

#181: What Is the “Price” of Sex?

Birth control, pornography, online dating –according to our guest on this Java with Juli, all of these technologies...

#180: Broken Women, Prostitutes and Your Part

Do you have the courage to reach out to someone who is hurting? We often feel fearful or ill-equipped when God calls...

Webinar: How to Love Your Prodigal Child

Join Hannah Nitz as she sits down with Lori Wildenberg & Dr. Juli Slattery to talk about how to love your prodigal child. Lori is a mother who recognized her daughter's gender confusion early on. Despite many prayers and conversations, her daughter now leads a...

#58: Lessons From a Former Prostitute

Angel lived a life of prostitution and drugs on the streets of Akron, Ohio. Her life changed the day she met Becky, a woman who...

Webinar: Fighting Porn in Your Marriage

A recent survey revealed that approximately 85% of men interact with pornographic material on a monthly basis. With that statistic, we know that means porn has made it's way into many of our marriages. Pornography is killing our intimacy, and its widespread use and...

Webinar: When Christians Disagree About Sexuality

Do you know what you believe about sexuality? Can you talk about sexuality with other Christians who believe something different? Speaking the truth in love takes effort. We need to express our views with kindness and compassion. How do we hold to a biblical worldview...

Webinar: Sex & the Single Girl

The average single Christian has received very little teaching on the purpose of sexuality, and a simple "Just wait until you're married" approach won't cut it. Christian singles need to be equipped with a biblical worldview of sexuality and practical tools for...

#179: When Sex Is Not Good

"I know that orgasm should not be the main goal of sex, but I am disappointed that I have never experienced it." "I can’t say that...

Webinar: Q&A with Juli

Our FAVORITE part of conferences is the live Q&A session. We let audience members text in their questions anonymously and Juli answers each one! In this webinar, we are bringing this same concept to you. What questions do you have about sexuality, your marriage,...

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