foreign to a new series of therapy and theology the title of this one is one of my favorites let’s stop avoiding this conversation six topics women have big questions about today is episode one and we’re specifically focusing in episode one on why it doesn’t help anyone for a woman to be devalued so welcome guys this is to be here yeah this is so fun together and talk about important issues today this is Dr Joel munamale with me and then of course we have Jim Kress licensed professional counselor with a whole bunch of other degrees behind his

name I always joke and say that Joel brings the theology Jim brings the therapy and I bring the questions and issues so you’re welcome you’re so honest about that yes yes so why is therapy and theology needed and specifically why is a series devoted to women um important for us to cover I think it’s important to bring the therapy and the theology because you deserve good answers both spiritually and emotionally and so we’re going to definitely tackle that from these questions we’re going to tackle it from both of those important

perspectives and lenses and of course you know that therapy and theology is part of proverbs 31 Ministries and proverbs 31 Ministries exists for women to know the truth and live the truth because when they do it changes everything so the purpose of this entire podcast not just this series is not to give specific personalized advice to individuals this should not take place of going to see a licensed professional counselor that can help you navigate the nuances of your relationships your issues your past all of that but rather

we want to provide a safe place to talk about real things that you you may be facing provide therapeutic and the theological there you go theological wisdom so you can be empowered to seek out the help and healing you may need and this is on a personal note I will say that incorporating the therapeutic wisdom of Jim and the theological wisdom of Joel has tremendously helped me in my own healing Journey so thank you both and I’m so excited to share you with the world so Jim and Joel what are some of the challenges that you see women facing

in ever increasing measures right now Jim we’ll start with you yeah we are in several really different pandemics there is a global covet pandemic that is going on and no matter when this series is watched who knows when it really ends that pandemic we’re also we’ve talked about this as a whole other topic and yay one topic that’s coming up which is on a porn endemic the pornography rates we’re already bad enough but skyrocketed during um during covid and the pandemic and the impact especially since what this series