Hope for Healthy Intimate Relationships (podcast) with Erin Moniz

About this episode

Erin Moniz discusses the complexities of building healthy intimate relationships in today's digital age.

Whether you’re single or married, young or old, finding and keeping meaningful and genuine personal relationships is what we all desire. In our digital age, relationship building is not easy. Young people are finding people to date on apps, and they are communicating with friends on social media. No matter whether you're married or single, we all need to understand how to have healthy relationships. College chaplain Erin Moniz is deeply attuned to the questions and concerns of today’s emerging adults. In her new book, Knowing and Being Known: Hope for All Our Intimate Relationships (IVP, 2025), she explores the essential elements of healthy relationships, addresses the complexities of intimacy, and shines a light on the barriers that can impede genuine connection. What we discuss in this episode: * The secular culture says that the two key benchmarks of full adulthood are (1) Autonomy, and (2) Sexual Activity. * But the sad truth is that this hypersexuality and romance idolatry has seeped into the church. We still see adulthood in these categories, though they're framed slightly differently. * We begin to reimagine a theology that emphasizes the importance of intimacy in all our…

People in this episode

Host: Bob Robinson

Guest: Erin Moniz

Topics covered

• healthy relationships
• intimacy
• vulnerability
• digital age relationships
• shame and guilt
• theology of intimacy

Keywords

• relationships
• intimacy
• vulnerability
• shame
• digital communication
• college chaplain
• adult relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IVP

Books & works: Knowing and Being Known: Hope for All Our Intimate Relationships

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