Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body

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Touch Podcast: The Vulnerable Masculine (part 2 Of 2) Dec 19, 2018

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Touch Conversations Season 2 Episode 6: The Vulnerable Masculine (part 2 Of 2) Touch Podcast is produced and co-hosted by Ryan Clark along with co-hosts Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. In continuing our conversation about homosexuality and the church, Co-host Nate Novero models beautiful vulnerability when he tells the whole story of his sexual experience with another man. Shannon gives a wonderful word of coaching about homoerotic fantasies and Ryan talks about King James’ boyfriends and institutional destruction. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret content when you subscribe. Support Touch Podcast now @ www.patreon.com/touchpodcast! Follow us on Social media @touch_cast

Touch Podcast: Monumental Shifts (part 1 of 2) Dec 12, 2018

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Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E5: Monumental Shifts (1 of 2). How do you start a conversation about Desire, Gay Sex, and God? Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge give it a shot as they reflect on the Ethics of Sex with David Gushee episode (4). Nathan and Shannon have a heart to heart about God and homosexuality. Shannon expresses her evolving views and Nathan comes clean about his same-sex sexual experience. Nathan realizes how much he allowed his fears of God’s judgment to direct his path and tells of his discovery that he can still love himself. And, kissing someone with a beard can be nice. Also, Ryan might be a complete narcissist. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret fall content when you subscribe. Support Touch Podcast now @ www.patreon.com/touchpodcast!

Touch Podcast: Ethics of Sex with Dr. David Gushee Dec 04, 2018

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Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E4: Ethics of Sex with David Gushee Touch Podcast Season 2 is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nate Novero, and Shannon Ethridge. This episode is a reboot from season 1 where Ryan speaks with Dr. David Gushee about the Ethics of Sex. They also venture into gay and lesbian marriage and how to ethically reconsider beliefs from our fundamentalistic church teachings. We love our listeners! Did you know you can become a monthly supporter of Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body? Check out our new page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Widely regarded as one of the leading moral voices in American Christianity, he is the author or editor of 21 books and hundreds of articles. We observe how easy it is for many people to come to a point where the moralistic sexual ethic from church youth group isn’t sufficient and respond by abandoning all our sexual boundaries. So, how do we build a sexual ethic that has a Scriptural basis and is consistent with our religious values? The response doesn’t have to be chaos, it can be human flourishing.

Touch Podcast: Ignorance is Not Bliss with Dr. Bill Stayton @ Just Sex Nov 28, 2018

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Touch Conversations of Spirit And Body Season 2 Episode 3 with Dr. Bill Stayton At Just Sex Ignorance Is Not Bliss Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Nate and Shannon interview Dr. Bill Stayton at the Just Sex Conference sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists. Listeners know every conversation with Dr. Stayton is a trek into the sexual unknown and this show is no exception. From spontaneous erections to the difference between the cervix and clitoris, Nate and Shannon will take you on a fun ride toward honestly and authenticity. Ryan learns he’s been pronouncing the word clitoris wrong his whole life. This interview was made possible by Alliance of Baptists, The Carpenter Program of Vanderbilt Divinity School and Eden Theological Seminary. Support Touch Podcast now and get secret fall content when you subscribe. Check out our support page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/touch-podcast-conversations-of-spirit-and-body/id1347187102?mt=2

Touch Podcast: with Linda Kay Klein Nov 20, 2018

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Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body Season 2 Episode 2 With LINDA KAY KLEIN Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Ryan speaks with author Linda KayKlein about her book PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Ryan and Linda explore the evangelical purity movement, the impact on relationships and what hope the church might be able to offer. Ryan, Nate and Shannon discuss ways couples and individuals can move forward after purity. PURE follows Linda Kay Klein’s journey to heal from sexual and gender-based shame after having grown up in the American Evangelical Christian Church. Throughout her youth, she was taught to be submissive, repress her sexuality, and avoid becoming a “stumbling block” for men—that is, tempting them in any sexual way. The church emphasized a girl’s sexuality as the most important mark of her spiritual standing with God.

Touch Podcast: New Beginnings, Desire and Shannon Ethridge Nov 03, 2018

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Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body: Season 2 Episode 1 - Desire Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. This episode looks at our major theme, "Desire" this season and all the topics we plan to cover including Relationships, sex toys, fantasy, arousal, lust, sexual addiction, porn, aging, sex talk with kids and more!

Touch Podcast Episode 19: The Ethics of Sex with Dr. David Gushee Aug 20, 2018

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The Ethics of Sex with A Little Gay Marriage and Some Christian Fundamentalism with Dr. David Gushee Touch Podcast Season 1 is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero. In this episode Ryan speaks with Dr. David Gushee about the Ethics of Sex. They also venture into gay and lesbian marriage and how to ethically reconsider beliefs from our fundamentalistic church teachings. Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Widely regarded as one of the leading moral voices in American Christianity, he is the author or editor of 21 books and hundreds of articles. We observe how easy it is for many people to come to a point where the moralistic sexual ethic from church youth group isn’t sufficient and respond by abandoning all our sexual boundaries. So, how do we build a sexual ethic that has a Scriptural basis and is consistent with our religious values? The response doesn’t have to be chaos, it can be human flourishing.

Touch Podcast Episode 1 Reboot With Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Jennifer Knapp Jun 13, 2018

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Did your church commercialize virginity? This episode is a reboot of Touch Episode 1: Selling Purity where hosts Ryan Clark and Nate Novero speak with former Christian pop-star Jennifer Knapp about a previously untold experience where she was approached to be to poster-girl for True Love Waits, a popular Southern Baptist Teen Abstinence program.

Touch Podcast Episode 17: Yes, He Really Just Said That with Dr. Bill Stayton Jun 06, 2018

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Episode 17 of Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero and they speak with sexologist and psychologist Dr. Bill Stayton about eroticism, masturbation, and the barriers to desire. Did Jesus have a sex life? How do we combat our own secretiveness? We speak with Dr. Stayton about how our own sexual shame keeps us from communicating and leads to issues with pleasure and problems with consent. Dr. Stayton contents that in addition to physical sexual trauma, are we sexually traumatized by moral absolutism of our faith culture? What happens when the switch doesn’t work? We love our listeners! Did you know you can become a monthly supporter of Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body? Check out our new page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. William Stayton, M.Div., Th.D., Ph.D. is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches of the U.S.A. He is also a licensed psychologist and AASECT certified sexuality educator and therapist. Formerly, Bill was the Executive Director of the Center for Sexuality and Religion, an organization dedicated to facilitating dialogue between the field of sexology and various medical and religious systems. For 28 years, Bill was affiliated with the human sexuality program at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1998, the program moved from the University of Pennsylvania to Widener University in Chester, PA where he was Professor and Director of the graduate programs in Human Sexuality. During his ten years as Director, the program grew from a masters’ to a doctoral program in human sexuality. He is a retired Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. He remains Professor Emeritus in the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Widener University.

Touch Podcast Episode 16: Dear God, Make Me a Real Boy with Lianne Simon and Dr. Megan DeFranza May 31, 2018

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Touch Podcast Episode 16: Dear God, Make Me a Real Boy with Lianne Simon and Dr. Megan DeFranza Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark and Nate Novero and on this episode, they speak to their guests Lianne Simon and Dr. Megan DeFranza genitals and the Bible. Does size matter? It depends on what meaning we’ve ascribed to them. We love our listeners! Did you know you can become a monthly supporter of Touch Podcast: Conversations of Spirit and Body? Check out our new page at www.patreon.com/touchpodcast. Lianne Simon tells the first part of her story of being raised as a boy, not going through puberty, and not finding out just how different her body was until living in a boys dorm her freshman year of college. Lianne is the author of a number of young adult novels including Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite, A Proper Young Lady, and Outsider. She is a tireless advocate for intersex and faith has a passion for helping Christians think and believe beyond the binary.

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