Why We Talked About Intimacy In Our Small Group: Being Open With Friends Who Share Our Faith

We talked about physical intimacy today in our marriage small group. It’s a group where we meet with other married couples (though we’re open to dating couples as well!) to discuss what it looks like to live as married Christians and to pray for one another.In Monday night’s newsletter — or Tuesday morning, more likely, by the time you read it — I’ll share what I used as our discussion prompt. For now, here’s why I felt it was important to have that conversation:We want to be holistic Christians. Christianity encompasses our entire lives — including our physical intimacy lives. While we don’t need to talk about it every time we meet, we also can’t ignore that physical intimacy has an important place in marriage.Physical intimacy is good and a gift from God. Christians should be able to talk about it openly and rightly with one another — not only for encouragement, but also to combat the lies the world tells us about physical intimacy.If not in our marriage group, where else will we talk about it? While you can discuss it in gender-specific small groups, those conversations are naturally one-sided. A marriage small group should be a safe, private space to share about sensitive topics like this.I thank God for friends who share our faith and are open to sharing all aspects of their lives with us.https://diveindigdeep.substack.com/p/why-we-talked-about-our-sex-lives