Let's Talk About Sex<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Let's Talk About Sex\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faith Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Deborah Arca\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Deborah Arca\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/\",\"name\":\"Let's Talk About Sex\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a622c83c6f34ff7abb06463e51081c\"},\"description\":\"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Let’s Talk About Sex\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/\",\"name\":\"Faith Forward\",\"description\":\"Voices from the Mainline, Progressive and Emerging Church\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a622c83c6f34ff7abb06463e51081c\",\"name\":\"Deborah Arca\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45ef5b3bd5e9465897c2c3f973e0d324?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45ef5b3bd5e9465897c2c3f973e0d324?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Deborah Arca\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/author\/debarca\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Let's Talk About Sex","description":"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Let's Talk About Sex","og_description":"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/","og_site_name":"Faith Forward","article_published_time":"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00","author":"Deborah Arca","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Deborah Arca","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/","name":"Let's Talk About Sex","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00","dateModified":"2010-04-14T23:20:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a622c83c6f34ff7abb06463e51081c"},"description":"So, we're talking about sex in the Public Square this week. Or at least we're writing about it (and very well, i might add). Talking about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about it more openly and widely in our communities of faith? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Let’s Talk About Sex"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/","name":"Faith Forward","description":"Voices from the Mainline, Progressive and Emerging Church","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/f9a622c83c6f34ff7abb06463e51081c","name":"Deborah Arca","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45ef5b3bd5e9465897c2c3f973e0d324?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/45ef5b3bd5e9465897c2c3f973e0d324?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Deborah Arca"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/author\/debarca\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":221,"date":"2010-04-14T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T23:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/mainlineportal\/?p=221"},"modified":"2010-04-14T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T23:20:27","slug":"lets-talk-about-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithforward\/2010\/04\/lets-talk-about-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk About Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

So, we\u2019re talking about sex in the Public Square<\/a> this week. Or at least we\u2019re writing about it (and very well, I might add). Talking<\/em> about it seems to be another matter altogether! I wonder if we can begin to talk about sex more openly and widely in our communities of faith? To that end, we\u2019ll be posing different questions related to sexuality and spirituality here on the blog over the next two weeks, and inviting you to join the conversation. <\/p>\n

First up: What should the Church\u2019s role be in discussing sexuality? What would it look like to have healthy conversations about sex in Church? And if your faith community has done it well, what has worked for you? Share your comments below.<\/p>\n

Return to the Faith Forward blog at the Mainline Protestant Portal.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"