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Erin F Moniz

@erinfmoniz.bsky.social

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Assoc. Chaplain @bayloruniveristy; DMin Deacon (ACNA); author #KnowingAndBeingKnown @ivpress (May 2025); Conflict Coach; Coffee

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jan 24

New here? Let me introduce myself:
I’ve been a #chaplain to college students for over a decade. I love working with these #emergingadults & so I create content for them alongside my IRL ministry.
My #newbook, Knowing & Being Known: Hope for All Our Intimate Relationships, is about hope, identity,

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Sep 2

I am relieved that this book exists because it is a force of reckoning in this movement of #knowingandbeingknown. And it is a major resource in the pursuit of #theartofadultfriendship.
Let me know if you read it. I want all your thoughts.

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Sep 2

Basically, there isn’t another book out there like this. The stories are both familiar & foreign. But their insights demand our attention.
Pushing back the tide of #romanceidolatry is an overwhelming but necessary undertaking for the sake of all our #intimaterelationships.

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Sep 2

This #offtheshelf #minireview is a long time coming. I learned about this book while finishing my manuscript. Though I wish I had read it soon enough to include in my own book, honestly, it’s a blessing b/c I might have had to add new chapters to cover the overlap of material.

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Aug 13

Want to join a #bookclub with others creating safe & healing space for those with #churchhurt or trauma?
(And I hear the author is making a guest appearance! 😱)
www.brokentobeloved.org/bookclub

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Aug 11

We had a #knowingandbeingknown writing contest: and we have crowned a WINNER!
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Birthday-Forgetting Sinners: An Essay Response to Knowing & Being Known

Loneliness, Reconciliation, and Backstabbing Delinquent Friends. This is the winning submission of our Launch Team Writing Contest!

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Just get married! Just have kids!” Why do we perpetuate these narratives with a promise that this is all you need?
#knowingandbeingknown
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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jul 31

What if our #intimaterelationships mattered more to our knowing God and the Gospel than we were taught in church?
#faithroundtable
#knowingandbeingknown

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jul 29

For anyone suffering from #church trauma or spiritual abuse, Brian’s work & organization is making a difference. I’m honored to have this important conversation in an era where we wonder if it is safe to get close to others. #brokentobeloved
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065: Reframing Our Theology of Intimacy with Erin Moniz

Broken to Beloved Podcast · Episode

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jul 21

Super grateful to those reading the book & writing reviews!
Have you left your review of #knowingandbeingknown? 🤓

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Remember friends,

There is little you are going through that cannot be helped with a healthy dose of more poetry.

Thus endeth the lesson.

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jul 12

Learning how to drive a Hybrid Jeep Wrangler around the streets of Seattle was not exactly on my “We Can do Hard Things” bingo card, but I’m feeling pretty accomplished.
#wherearethewindowbuttons
#amibackinhighschool
#whomadetheseroads🛣️

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jun 21

Today I remembered that Amazon lets me see a running tally of sales for my book.

Cool. A new number to compulsively check that will tell me my worth & value as a human being.

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jun 17

… major concepts like #identity & #freedom.

If you are regularly caring for young adults & teens (having conversations about their #intimaterelationships), I recommend you read this and discern what the voices teach us from across the divide.
#thegoodchairreads

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jun 17

… It is equal parts informative, valuable, & disturbing. But it reveals a landscape of values & vices that are forming #emergingadults while critiquing some of the sacred cows of feminism & the sexual revolution. As a Christian and a minister, it is a cheat code for how my students understand …

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jun 17

The strengths of this book are its essay-formatted chapters of mostly Western sexual ethics from a non-western researcher. The content is refreshingly honest about everything from MeToo, to sex work, to p*rn, to incels, to s*xual violence, & everything in between. …

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · Jun 17

I’ve come to appreciate how writing a book pushes me to read important books. This one was brought to my attention by Zachary Wagner and is mentioned in my book #knowingandbeingknown.

But you don’t have to be a feminist or researcher to appreciate this #offtheshelf #minireview. 🧵

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 24

WE DID IT! Final day on #elcamino! We arrived at the #Compostala after a long, hot, trail. So happy to have accomplished this with our team and @bayloruniversity students!
@buspirituallife
#baylorchapel
#spiritualpilgrimage

Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 23

Day 4: After a much needed recovery day yesterday, we were all back on the trail today from Azura to O Pedrouzo. We are holding up and staying optimistic for one final push tomorrow.
#ElCamino
#BuenCamino
@buspirituallife
#BaylorChapel

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 20

Day 2 on #elcamino! Portomarin to Palas de Rei. Beautiful scenery and 14.9 miles. We needed ice cream to complete the last 3 miles, but that’s pretty standard.
The Baylor students are waaaay better at this than us.
@buspirituallife
#spiritualpilgrimage
#baylorchapel
#chaplaincylife

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · May 19

Shame holds us back from intimacy. How do we build intimacy with each other? Listen to my conversation with @erinfmoniz.bsky.social on @shiftingculture.bsky.social to find out. Listen to Shifting Culture anywhere you get podcasts.

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 19

First Day on #ElCamino! Sarria to Portomarín. 14 miles. Beautiful scenery. Rolling hills. Pass the ibuprofen.
#BUspirituallife
#baylorchapel
#chaplaincylife

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InterVarsity Press (USA) @ivpress.bsky.social · May 19

What does it truly mean to experience intimacy—with God, with others, and with ourselves?

@erinfmoniz.bsky.social joins Dr. Carol Ministries podcast to explore how sex and intimacy may be related but are not the same.

Listen here:
www.drcarolministries.com/knowing-and-...

Knowing and Being Known: Fulfilling Your Need for Intimacy - Dr Carol Ministries

What does it truly mean to experience intimacy—with God, with others, and with ourselves? In this episode, we sit down with author and campus chaplain Rev. Dr. Erin Moniz to explore how sex and intima...

www.drcarolministries.com

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 6

Today we fight back against the power of shame & isolation. We remember who we are. We allow ourselves to be known.
It begins today.

#knowingandbeingknown
#intimaterelationships
#booklaunchday🚀
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@ivpress.bsky.social

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Shifting Culture @shiftingculture.bsky.social · May 1

In May, we have episodes with Andrew Arndt, David Sunde, Manny Arango, @eclaytopia.bsky.social, Arianna Molloy, Kelly Kapic, @erinfmoniz.bsky.social, @carameredithwrites.bsky.social, @shanejwood.bsky.social, Molly Worthen, and @heatherthompsonday.bsky.social

Who are you excited to hear?

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Erin F Moniz @erinfmoniz.bsky.social · May 1

Yours in five days! Let’s find hope for all our intimate relationships.
#knowingandbeingknown
#countdown
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