* Conversations with Christian Women * Hosts: Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes chat to women from Australia and around the world about faith, life and ministry. Ordinary women trusting an extraordinary God makes for inspirational stories and great wisdom shared about all aspects of life as a Christian woman.
Episodes
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Episode 64: Patricia Weerakoon
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Patricia Weerakoon is podcast gold! Despite the distance and occasional poor sound quality of a zoom interview, Patricia’s infectious enthusiasm for sex and Jesus shines through in this conversation with Tori Walker. They talk about her conversion through British missionaries in Sri Lanka; her work as a doctor specialising in sexual health; and her more recent speciality of being Australia’s favourite Christian sexologist.
EPISODE NOTES:
Patricia Weerakoon is an evangelical Christian medical doctor from Sri Lanka. She is also an academic, sexologist and writer. She retired in 2012 after a career as the director of an internationally renowned graduate program in sexual health at the University of Sydney to pursue her passion for writing and public speaking. Her writing and speaking brings together her enthusiasm for sex and her love for the glory of God. Her non-fiction books are gold-standard guides for good sex for all ages. She also writes romantic fiction with a social conscience, bringing together her international experience in sexual health and her passion for her homeland of Sri Lanka.
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Website: Patricia Weerakoon
Non-Fiction:
Novels: Patricia’s novels are in the genre of “faith inspired fiction”
(iii) Snowy Summer (2018)
SHOW SNIPPETS:
“We worship a God who created sex and He made it good and like all good things it comes with a purpose and a place where it gives the most pleasure.”
“Sex is more then what the World says it is because it is a good thing for a good place, but it is also far less than the World says it is because it is not your identity.”
“We are not our sexuality.”
“We are all precious in the eyes of God”
“We all are sinful people with desires and feelings.”
“We can love everybody as fellow sinners.”
“The 'don’t do it’s' actually have a basis of goodness.”
“Be out and proud for Jesus.”
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Monday Feb 15, 2021
Episode 63: Alexa February
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Alexa February is our guest today. She has her PhD in Education; she’s a teacher; a dancer; an advocate for healthy living and eating; a Hashimoto's survivor and a mum to three little boys. Tragically, she lost her first two sons at birth. The trauma and sadness of this has brought Alexa through the fire, so to speak. In this interview, Alexa shares the journey of her pain and how she came to trust and revere God more through it all. She also shares helpful insight into how to care for someone who is grieving in a way that allows them space to grieve naturally. It’s a tough one to listen to, especially if you’ve experienced similar loss, but her story is not without hope.
EPISODE NOTES:
Alexa February grew up in Cape Town in South Africa where she still lives with her husband, Craig and their little baby boy, Caleb. Together they are a part of the St James Church, Kenilworth church family. Alexa has a background in education and received her Doctor of Education qualification in December 2020. She has a passion for education, dance and teenagers. Combining all three as a dance teacher of high schoolers means that she gets to translate her passion into her everyday work. Alexa’s story is not without much pain and hardship. Before Caleb, Alexa and her husband, Craig, suffered the tragic loss of their first two sons at birth. Yet, both Alexa and Craig attest to God’s goodness even in their loss and grief. God’s hand in Alexa’s life and her grieving process.
SHOW SNIPPETS:
“It felt like the bottom had fallen out of the earth. But whilst I felt bitterly sad, and shocked and traumatised, I also felt a tremendous sense of peace and very sure understanding that this was God’s plan for my life.”
“I was prepared to submit to God’s plan for my life, as difficult as it might be.”
“The whole journey taught me to rely on God fully and not on myself.”
“In the darkest times, I had a real sense of God pulling me towards himself … he was actively seeking me.”
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