Dawn Jones
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292 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
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I would say the times where I've talked about it has been within social justice communities.
So when I'm talking to some of my colleagues in social justice work that are also believers, we talk about it.
But within the actual black church, I don't see that conversation happening enough, which I think is why it's so easy for us to go back to silence.
The Holy Spirit just dropped something in my spirit and it was kind of convicting, but I want to highlight the experience of women of color that maybe don't fall within the body type that we're describing and how they may even question about their own attractiveness, their own value, their own sexuality, and how that might also lead to some type of sexual dysfunction that manifests in a way that's sexually harmful.
Because the message within our culture sexualizes our bodies so much that for women of color who don't fit in that category of curvy or are those ideas of what our bodies typically look like, they find themselves a little bit lost, too.
I think there needs to be ministry in the same areas of identity and value for them as well.
Just like we have to dismantle this idea that our bodies mean something super sexual, they have to dismantle the same idea and say that your body has value even without those curves that are being communicated as sexual.
Why do we both hesitate?
Because you can't think of anything?
No, I want to say it well.
Yes, take your time.
I want to say it well.
That last part was what I wanted to make sure I said well.
The way I was thinking it was probably not the best way to say it.
White theology and white theological understanding of sexuality cannot be the only voice.
So you have to leave room for our voice, for our experiences, for our understanding of theology, our challenges with applying theology practically.
If you leave room for our voice too, I think we actually, or just our voices, I think we find a more robust, a more consistent biblical understanding of sexuality.
Because what I've experienced highlights a different part of scripture.
And what you experience highlights a different part of it.
And when we tell that story together, we see the full picture.
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