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I Didn’t Really Care if My Sons-in-Law Were Debt-Free, Tattoo-Free Virgins

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2018 | grace, preparing for marriage

I never told my daughters that they should marry virgins. I told them instead they had to marry guys who loved Jesus. And those two are not necessarily synonymous. This week Lori Alexander’s article “Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins without Tattoos” went...

The Woman in the Bible Who Gets The Worst Rap

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 6, 2018 | Faith

I love the Bible because it’s filled with stories–heroes and villains; kings and peasants; rulers and prophets. And often the Bible leaves us with stories without giving any commentary on them. We’re supposed to read the stories and draw our own...

A True Life Story of Healing after Sexual Shame: Beauty from Ashes

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 5, 2018 | healing, Sex

One of the things the #metoo and #churchtoo movements have highlighted is the burden of sexual shame. Sometimes that burden comes through no fault of our own–we were targeted, and we were victims. Other times shame comes because we made mistakes. But even those...

Are You in a Good Pattern for Your Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 1, 2018 | grace, healing, Marriage

When we were on our speaking tour in Australia in May, we drove a grand total of 6000 km. Or rather, my husband drove 6000 km. In a campervan. On the wrong side of the road. There was no way I was driving that thing! (My husband is a good man with far more spatial...

5 Things We Learn from the Shulamite Woman about Female Sexuality

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 22, 2018 | Bible, libido

Do you have a good, Biblical understanding of female sexuality? Rebekah Hargraves from Hargraves Home and Hearth sent me an email recently where she said, I got your book, “The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex” when I got engaged 5 years ago, and...

Do We Need to Stop Using the Term “Virgin”?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 10, 2018 | culture, grace, Sex

“If you get raped, does that mean you’re not a virgin anymore?” That was one of the anonymous questions asked at a small group my 17-year-old daughter was at one summer. The adults leading the discussion hemmed and hawed, saying technically, they...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.