Sex & the Church: Let’s Start the Conversation | Life in Motion
Release Date: 04/24/2025
What is the Fragrance of Your Life? | Week One
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In the weeks leading up to Easter, we’re releasing prayer podcasts designed to help you slow down and encounter God. Each episode weaves together Scripture, worship, and guided prayer—creating space to reflect and respond. This week, we read from Psalm 40 and John 12, reflecting on Mary’s costly worship and the “fragrance” our lives carry. What aroma are you bringing into the spaces you enter? As we approach Easter, consider what Jesus may be inviting you to lay at His feet—and how time with Him shapes the way you live, love, and lead.
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Finding Community & Faith in Seasons of Change | Life in Motion
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Life doesn’t stop changing just because we grow up. As traditions shift, kids become adults, and seasons evolve, we’re invited to hold our expectations with open hands. In this episode, Jamie and Heather reflect on navigating changing family rhythms, letting go of “how it’s always been,” and discovering that even ordinary things—like cleaning a closet or showing up for a friend—can be deeply spiritual. As we step into 2026, the invitation is simple: make room for new memories, lift one another’s burdens, and don’t try to do life alone.
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Breakthrough: Desire, Idolatry & the Life We Were Made For | Tell Me More
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What are you really hungry for? In John 6, Jesus calls Himself the Bread of Life—not just Savior, but the fulfillment of our deepest desires. In this episode, Whit George, Casey Shirley, and Lee Martin explore idolatry, misordered love, and why true life isn’t found in optimizing ourselves, but in being satisfied by God. What if believing He could truly satisfy you changed everything? Show notes: Listen to Pastor Whit’s message: What’s Keeping You from Life to the Full? In the episode they talk about attachment theory. You can learn more on our Life in Motion...
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Breakthrough: Do You Want to Be Healed? | Tell Me More
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One of the most difficult tensions in conversations about healing, mental health, and spiritual growth is learning how to hold two things at the same time: compassion for what’s real and responsibility for what’s within our control. In this episode, Whit sits down with Jamie Jobe and Valerie Isaacs, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, reflective consultant, and mental health trainer. Jamie shares openly from her own journey with depression, Valerie brings language to the patterns that shape us long before we realize they’re there, and Whit grounds the conversation...
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Parenting Is Sanctification in Disguise | Life in Motion
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Parenting isn’t just about shaping our kids—it’s about shaping us. Through boundaries, consistency, repair, and everyday inconveniences, God uses parenting to expose our hearts, grow our maturity, and form us into people our children can trust. It’s messy, humbling, and lifelong—but with Jesus, even our mistakes become part of the work of grace. In this honest conversation, Jamie and Heather reflect on the parenting lessons they've learned (and are still learning). Show Notes: In this episode they mention the book by Amy Elizabeth Olrick and Jeffrey Olrick, PH.D. ...
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In the face of loss, unanswered prayers, when something bad happens—We often look for a balancing of the scales of good and bad. We try to make sense of tragedy by making it purposeful, but that’s not Christian hope. Of course, God works in the midst of difficult circumstances, but we don’t need to settle a score in a life where you’re not always going to see the score settled. So, what do we do instead? How do we follow God through despair, loss, and tragedy? How do we follow God in success, good times, and answered prayers? In this episode, Church on the Move Pastors Whit...
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Parenting From a Secure Place: Attachment, Repair, and Abiding in Jesus | Life in Motion
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If you’ve ever lain awake wondering, “Am I messing my kids up?”—you’re in good company. So many of us are parenting without a clear template. This is where the language of attachment can be a gift—not as a label to shame you, but as a tool to understand how you were shaped, how you’re parenting now, and how Jesus can bring healing and security into the story. In this episode, Jamie and Heather sit down with Valerie Isaacs, a licensed professional counselor supervisor, reflective consultant, and mental health trainer. It’s honest, eye-opening, grace-filled,...
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Seeing Conflict as an Invitation to Grow | Tell Me More
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Conflict has a way of exposing what’s inside us. For many, our reactions are rooted in how we learned to handle tension growing up. But instead of running from discomfort, James invites us to “count it all joy”—to see every trial as an opportunity for formation. In this episode, pastors Whit George and Casey Shirley explore what James chapter 5 teaches us about steadfast endurance and the true meaning of faith. Show notes: Listen to the message: How to Respond to Adversity In this episode, Whit reads a prayer from the book A Guide to Prayer for All God's...
info_outlineWhat shaped your understanding of sex growing up? Was it a quiet conversation with a parent, an awkward health class, a warning laced with shame? For many of us—especially those raised in Christian homes—our foundational beliefs about sex were vague, fear-based, or simply unspoken. We may have heard “don’t do it until you’re married,” but little else. And the unspoken message? Sex is bad… until one day, magically, it’s good.
We believe it’s time to talk. This summer, we’re inviting experts, sharing real stories, surfacing hard questions, and pointing back to God’s truth. Because God cares deeply about sex. He designed it. And He wants something better for all of us.
Let’s break the silence—together.
Content Warning: This episode is best suited for those ages 16 and up.
Show notes:
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00:00:00 - Introduction to Summer of Sex
00:00:20 - Mature Content Warning
00:00:33 - Foundations of Sexual Awareness
00:01:32 - First Experiences with Sex Education
00:03:37 - Shame and Normalization
00:06:10 - Impact of Family Dynamics
00:09:00 - Sexual Trauma and Its Effects
00:12:50 - Navigating Sexual Relationships
00:15:04 - Body Image and Modesty
00:18:04 - Biblical Perspectives on Sex
00:20:03 - Addressing Sexual Dysfunction
00:23:55 - Commitment to Ongoing Conversations
00:25:29 - Encouragement to Ask Questions
00:28:41 - Practical Steps for Intimacy
00:30:08 - Conclusion and Next Steps