Sheila Wray Gregoire | To Love, Honor and Vacuum

What Were You Wearing When Teenage You Was Harrassed in Church?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 27, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

Tragically, sexual harrassment, leering, and groping behaviour is all too common in churches–especially evangelical ones. Why “especially evangelical ones”? Because evangelical ones often stress that “boys will be boys”, “all...

Have We Taught Teen Girls to Ignore Red Flags When Dating?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 26, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers, Preparing for Marriage

What happens when we tell girls that “boys will want to push your sexual boundaries”? We’re in the middle of our debunking series, where we look at things that are commonly taught in evangelical circles, and encourage the church to get it right!...

Fixed It For You! We Fix a Survey Question So It Doesn’t Enable Date Rape

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 25, 2021 | Abuse, Parenting Teenagers

When research is poorly done, and then that research is used to “prove” something in Christian circles, everything can go awry. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be telling you some of the things we learned in our survey of 20,000 women last year,...

The DEBUNKING SERIES: A 12-Point Rubric to Tell if Resources are Healthy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 22, 2021 | Series, Theology of Marriage and Sex

How can you tell if a book, website, or even a church is healthy when it comes to sex teaching, or harmful? My inbox fills up with people asking me what I think of this book, or what I think of that book. And chances are I haven’t read it! I don’t have...

The “Watch Out for Boys Who Want to Push Your Sexual Boundaries” Podcast

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 21, 2021 | Abuse, Podcasts

I believe that we can eradicate rape culture from the evangelical church. In fact, I’m committed to it! And in this week’s podcast we’re looking at how to do that. But first, some background. Today marks the beginning of our debunking series, where...

When Church Goes Backwards: Why We Should Apologize to Millennials

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

Yesterday was my daughter Rebecca’s 26th birthday, and it occurred to me how much her life and my life have differed when it comes to church. Here’s my favourite picture of her, taken this fall with her son: I was supposed to write something else...