Episode 64: Patricia Weerakoon

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: Teen Sex by the book Growing up by the book  Birds and Bees by the book  The Best Sex for Life Talking Sex By the Book   Novels: Patricia’s novels are in the genre of “faith inspired fiction” (i) The Other Sister (2014) (ii) Empires Children (2015) (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.”     Can't see clickable links? Copy and paste this into your browser: tlpcwcw.podbean.com . . The Lydia Project: Conversations with Christian Women is a podcast co-hosted by Tori Walker and Taryn Hayes. It features informal chats with Christian women around faith, life, ministry and the ways in which God is shaping their thinking and their lives. The views of TLP guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts.