Java with Juli

Regardless of how long you’ve been married, date nights are still important! On today’s Java with Juli, Juli talks with Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley on how to make time for dates, how to initiate good communication (and topics to avoid while on a date!) and the importance of reconnecting regularly away from your home and kids.   Dr. Greg & Erin Smalley   Thank you to our sponsor, Komae! With Komae, you can exchange free babysitting with your trusted friends. What a great way to have a date night without having to pay a sitter! Make sure to use our coupon code JAVAWITHJULI50 for a premium upgrade.  

How do you respect your husband when you don't respect his behavior? Are you trying to change your good husband into a perfect husband? On today's Java with Juli, Juli and her guest, Gary Thomas, discuss how new research in neuroscience supports the difference in men and women, how this information can change the way you view your role as wife, and how you can use it to love your husband well (yes, even better than you already do). Grab your coffee and listen in. Guest: Gary Thomas

We are wounded in relationships with others, and it only makes sense that relationships are also where our healing will take place. When walking through hardship, it's not enough to read a book or see a counselor. We need someone who will lean into our pain, instead of leaning away. On this Java with Juli, join Juli, Linda, and Hannah to learn how to walk through difficult times with others and love them well. Guests: Linda Dillow & Hannah Nitz    

Modern science has allowed us to see exactly what is going on inside the adolescent brain, and what we see can help YOU be a better parent!  Instead of a time to “hang on for dear life,” Juli’s guest shares how these years are an opportunity to shape the incredible organ that is still developing inside your teenager’s skull. Join Dr. Juli Slattery and Jerusha Clark as they discuss when to “lean in” or “let go” in your relationship with your teen.   Guest: Jerusha Clark    

You have great influence in your husband's life. In your unique position, you can either tear him down or build him up. Join Dr. Juli Slattery as she talks with Erin Smalley on how you can better understand your husband's needs (and they aren't just sex or food!) and practical ways you can strengthen your marriage. Guest: Erin Smalley    

What’s the difference between having power or being controlling in marriage? How do you have influence without also being manipulative? In this Java with Juli, join Juli, Linda, and Hannah as they each share how they have struggled to figure out what the power of femininity looks like within a Christian marriage.     Guests: Linda Dillow and Hannah Nitz    

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 have a list of things we’re going to do as soon as it seems to be a better time.  But TODAY is God’s gift to you.  How do you find contentment and joy in your actual life, today? Join us to find out!   Guest: Alex Kuykendall  

Do you believe that God uses women in beautiful, meaningful and pivotal ways? On this Java with Juli, meet Elizabeth, Mary and Anna; three women who, in the midst of their brokenness, were part of God’s wondrous to plan give us the gift of Jesus.  Grab your favorite holiday mug, sit back and experience the Christmas story through the eyes of these three courageous women.   Guest: Liz Curtis Higgs  

“You can’t out sin the grace of God.” That’s a bold statement from our guest Liz Curtis Higgs, author of the best-selling series “Bad Girls of the Bible”. Do you see yourself as a bad girl?  Or, maybe you’re not that bad?  Bad girl or not-so-bad, we all need Jesus. Join Juli and Liz for an invitation to embrace His grace this Christmas season.   Guest: Liz Curtis Higgs  

Do you desire deeper intimacy with your spouse? Do you want to experience freedom in the bedroom like you’ve never experienced before?  Do you feel like the church NEVER talks about sex? On today’s Java, you’ll meet five women who embarked on a journey to learn what God has to say about sex, and forged meaningful and lasting friendships along the way.  Grab your latte and settle in to hear what awaits YOU in Passion Pursuit.   Guests: Pamela Nelson, Lauren Noullet, Charis Hueftle, Sarah van Bentum, Mindy Chacone  

You know the Christmas story by heart. For four weeks of the year you adore and celebrate the babe in the manger.  And when Christmas is over, he is packed up with the nativity and put away for next year. On this Java with Juli, join Juli and her guest as they talk about how our lives will change when we get to know Jesus as our Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace--not just at Christmastime, but all year round.   Guest: Wendy Pope  

We love hearing your stories.  The excitement that flows from the heart of a woman who has been changed by God is contagious!  On this Java with Juli, Havilah (a listener just like you!) shares how this podcast, and the Bible study Passion Pursuit, helped her heal from childhood sexual abuse and prepare for her upcoming marriage.   Guests: Havilah Spengler & Hannah Nitz

Celebrate Thanksgiving once a year?  Easy as (pumpkin) pie.  Be thankful all year round—through the mundane, the losses, financial hardships and difficult marriages? Not quite as easy!  Join Juli and her guests to hear how cultivating thankfulness for the little things can lead to a heart of gratitude that will endure life’s challenges. There is always something to be thankful for!   Guests: Linda Dillow & Tricia Lott Williford  

According to a recent study by Barna, your view on sexuality has more to do with the generation you grow up in than with your faith background.   Do you struggle to connect with Boomers who only want to quote chapter and verse at you? Do you find it impossible to talk to a Millennial who believes in God’s compassion but not His holiness?  Join Dr. Juli Slattery, Linda Dillow and Hannah Nitz as they hash out what each generation has gotten right, or wrong, and how we can learn from one another.   Guests: Linda Dillow & Hannah Nitz

Birth control, pornography, online dating –according to our guest on this Java with Juli, all of these technologies have lowered the price of sex and tipped the scales in the favor of men.  How does this impact you?  How can singles navigate the new marriage marketplace?  Grab your coffee and join us to find out! Guest: Mark Regnerus