Hey friend, welcome to Job With Julie hosted by me Julie Slattery.

This podcast is a listener-supported outreach of authentic intimacy, which is a ministry that helps people make sense of God and sexuality.

Well, before you jump into today's conversation, I just want to take a moment and thank you for your continued support of authentic intimacy.

Through generous partners and donors like you, we're able to create resources that touch and

change the lives of people all across the United States and really the world.

We're always hearing feedback from those people whose lives have been impacted by this podcast,

by our blogs, our conferences, small groups, things we've shared on social media and the events that

I speak at. And your support makes that all possible. So thank you. We're all pretty used to

hearing about pastors and ministry leaders that struggle with sexual sin. We've read the new stories, we've seen things on social media, and heard about it on podcasts.

But what we often don't hear about is stories of restoration and redemption.

We don't hear if those pastors ever overcame their sexual struggles, if they got support,

how their church family handled it,

or how their family life was impacted. Well, that's why I'm looking forward to my conversation

with today's guest, Garrett Kell. Garrett is a pastor who battled pornography for several years

in private before he shared it with the leaders at his church where he was serving.

And as you'll hear in this conversation, the church played a very important role in restoring Garrett, which is such an incredible testimony of what God wants to do for all of us.

So grab your Java and listen in to my conversation with Garrett Kell.

Well, Garrett, thanks so much for hanging out with me

and for having this conversation. I appreciate your vulnerability and what you've written

and what you're willing to share. You are a pastor of a church in Virginia. Is that correct?

That's right. Alexandria, Virginia. I can look out my window right now and we can see the capital

building just across the river. That is really cool. Do you like that?

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