
It’s RELEVANT–but It Shouldn’t Be Rocket Science! A Spotlight on Two Reviews
The Great Sex Rescue has been featured in two amazing places lately--and I wanted to point you to both! First, Relevant Magazine ran an excerpt from chapter 2--so if you'd like a taste of what The Great Sex Rescue is like, this is a great place to start! Our new book...

How to Reclaim Sex and Not Make it Ugly
Sometimes, the way we talk about the purpose of sex makes it clear that we don't understand the beauty of sex at all. And that needs to stop! Just a quick post today (or what I hope will be a quick post) with a comment about a news story in the Christian world that...

An Open Letter to Evangelical Marriage Authors, Influencers and Speakers about Toxic Marriage Teaching
To my regular blog readers: This is something that I needed to say, and the place to publish it where it will get seen the most is right here on the blog. So excuse me for injecting more discussion of toxic marriage teaching into the blog! I thought, though, that this...

Podcast: On Emerson Eggerichs Gaslighting Emotional Abuse Victims, and Stop Seeing Women as Dangerous
We simply MUST change the way we talk about women in the church, because what is happening is DANGEROUS. In today's podcast, we look at two examples of the dangerous ways we can talk about women: Steve Arterburn and the Every Man's Battle team portraying women as...

Emerson Eggerichs and the Gaslighting of Emotional Abuse Victims in a Sermon Series
Last year, I looked at some rather alarming clips from some sermons Emerson Eggerichs--the author of Love & Respect--gave where he essentially gaslighted emotional abuse victims. I was prepared to let it go--I've talked about it, and let's move on. But in the last...

Which Comes First, Sex or Friendship? The Chicken and the Egg in Marriage
Sex and friendship in marriage can be a lot like the chicken and the egg. Do you have sex to build friendship, or does building friendship lead to more sex. The answer? Yes. Yes to both. That's what we found in our survey results for The Great Sex Rescue, as Joanna...

Grief: Does Time Really Heal All Wounds?
Can you "get over" grief? Can you recover from the loss of a child, the loss of a spouse, or the loss of a parent so that life can become normal again? A few years ago I wrote an important post on what grief looks like, and that post has been shared a bunch of times...

How Has Evangelical Teaching about Sex Contributed to Horrific News Stories?
The shootings in Atlanta this week are all too tragic--but I believe they are also a logical extension to how evangelicalism too often talks about sex, porn, and women. First, before I delve into this too much, these shootings were racially motivated. He killed mostly...

The All About Orgasms Podcast!
What does the data say about women and orgasms? And how do we help women enjoy sex more? We've got a quick podcast for you today that's all about orgasms!Listen to the Podcast Here Browse all the Different PodcastsSee the Last "Start Your Engines" (Men's) Podcast Or,...

25 Quick Ways to Show Your Husband Love–or Your Wife Love!
This post may contain links to amazon products. After you navigate to Amazon using one of my links, any products you purchase during that visit earn me a commission at no additional cost to you.Wondering how to show love to your husband? Try showing him love in...