Conference unites sex, religion

Talking about your sex life in church is like talking about yoursex life with your grandmother-a situation most folks would doanything to avoid.

But Saturday afternoon, several hundred adults and teenagersgathered in a South Side church to do just that.

"Say it with me now: Sex is good!" the Rev. Matthew Williamsextolled about 100 teens squirming in the pews of Trinity UnitedChurch of Christ.

"Sex is good," the crowd mumbled back, as a wave of giggles sweptthrough the sanctuary.

"Amen. Yes it is. Sex is a good thing," said a smiling Williams,one of Trinity's youth pastors. "Sex is a gift from God, but justbecause it's good, doesn't mean it can't be used …