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This week, I talk with Reverend Lacette Cross, affectionately known as Rev L, about the intersection of sexuality and faith. Rev L describes herself as a God-loving, justice-worker who is a black, bisexual woman and ordained baptist minister. Her work via the Will You Be Whole platform offers a space for people to "wrestle with" and unpack how to be sexually faithful and faithfully sexual. Rev L shares with us her unique, personal journey toward this work, explores the reasons behind the taboos around sex and faith, and some actionable steps to strengthen your personal relationship with spirituality and sexuality. Want to connect with Rev L and Will You Be Whole's services and content? Visit her website here. Follow Rev L on Instagram here. And as always: Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for regular sex-positive content and updates. Sign up for our email list and receive your free download of 'Preparing for the Sex Talks: An Action Plan for Parents & Caretakers.' Shop sex-positive swag and merchandise for parents, caring adults and sexual health advocates here. Leave a review in iTunes to let us know how much you’re enjoying the podcast. This gives us great feedback from our community as well as expands the reach and visibility so we can serve more families! Transcript {Soft Instrumental music plays as introduction} {Person speaking} Welcome to Sex Positive Families where parents, caring adults, and advocates come to grow and learn about sexual health in a supportive community. I'm your host, and the founder of SPF, Melissa Carnagey. Join me, and special guests, as we dive into the art of sex-positive parenting. Together, we will shake the shame and trash the taboos to strengthen sexual health talks with the children in our lives. Thank you so much for joining us! {Same person speaking} Hi families. So what comes to mind when you think of faith, religion, and sexuality? I've spoken to many adults on this SPF journey thus far who have shared about an upbringing with religious foundations and what I have found is that it often contributed to less open, less sex-positive environments. There seems to be a block on what is considered appropriate sexually within many faith-based communities. So I'm excited that on this episode we are deconstructing this just a bit with our guest Reverend Lacette Cross, affectionately known as Reverend L. She describes herself as a God-loving, justice worker who is a Black, bisexual woman and ordained Baptist minister. She believes in the power of intersectionality as it is the lens and grounding of her work around sexuality and faith. A self-identified womanist she has the deepest commitment to the liberation of all people. Her work in ministry and coaching creates space for conversation, learning and change around sexuality and spirituality, working with anyone who wrestles with how to connect sexual behavior and attitudes with their beliefs about God, self, others, and the Bible. This episode will make you think, so let's wrestle with it, with Reverend L. Melissa Carnagey: "We have with us today Reverend L. That's Reverend Lacette Cross with Will You Be Whole. How are you?" Reverend L: "I'm doing good. How are you?" M.C: "I'm doing really well. I'm excited to dive in. We are going to be talking about the intersection of sexuality and faith. Which I know for the Sex Positive Families community, especially within the group that we have, this is a topic that comes up a lot. It seems to have some deep roots for a lot of people in terms of their upbringing and how they then shape their ideas about sexual health and perception of their sexuality. So I'm excited to dive in with you, but I'd love to start by having you share with us what your journey towards the work that you're doing in faith and sexuality has been." R.L: "I love telling this story because it is always a reminder that we are the sum total of our experi...