The dating phase is the phase before relationship.

That's the time where you are getting to know someone

and we suggest over 60 and 90 days, don't rush it, really try to get to know them,

over 60 and 90 days, don't rush it, really try to get to know them, over 60 and 90 days,

building friendship, assessing out a little bit of their character, don't put too much

pressure on it. You're not even really necessarily in the stage thinking about

marriage yet yet because each

stage builds on each other so you're thinking about do I know enough information to

know if I want to be in a relationship with this person the relationship is

then to figure out do I want to be engaged for marriage to this person.

Well, hey friend, I'm Julie Slattery and I'm so glad that you have joined me for an episode of Java with Julie. This podcast is listener supported and

it's an outreach of the Ministry Authentic Animacy with which really helps people navigate

sexual issues from a Christian perspective.

Well, it's been quite a while since I was on the dating scene

over 30 years, but I have enough people around me

that let me know that dating today is not the easiest or actually even a fun place to be.

There's a lot of confusion, miscommunication, unclear expectations, wrong expectations, so how does single Christians learn to date well?

Well I have invited Kate and J.J. Tomlin to be experts on this topic and they run a

run a ministry called the Heart of Dating and they join me to bring some

clarity and some much needed hope and wisdom to those who are

struggling on the dating scene.

So grab your Java and enjoy this conversation that I recently had with Kate and

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