11 Things to Put in a Care Package After Miscarriage or Stillbirth–or Other Loss

by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 4, 2020 | Grief

When someone you love is grieving, how can you reach out and do something tangible to help? Today is the 24th anniversary of my son Christopher’s death (you can read more about that here). I know many of you have walked through grief, too: miscarriages,...

Can God Really Restore a Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 1, 2020 | Emotional Connection, Theology of Marriage and Sex

If your marriage is broken, and you feel distant, and you’re reeling from heartache, can God restore it? I think it’s one of God’s favourite things to do! But I also think this question has a lot of nuance to it, and I was thinking about it this week...

10 Things to Know about Old Testament Laws and Periods

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 26, 2020 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

As Christians, a lot of the cultural ideas that we get about our periods derive from Old Testament laws that called periods “unclean.” We’re finishing up our series on periods today! And I thought I’d end with something that came up repeatedly...

On an Unbiblical View of Suffering, Wife Abuse, and Created To Be His Helpmeet

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 28, 2020 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

One of the most damaging and unbiblical “Christian” books on marriage is Debi Pearl’s Created to Be His Helpmeet. Debi Pearl’s view of submission teaches women to allow themselves to be abused, rather than teaches women to seek God’s...

How Being a Breast Cancer Gene Carrier Affected One Woman’s Marriage–and Family

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 22, 2020 | Grief

Some women carry a gene that makes it very likely they will develop breast cancer or ovarian cancer. What do you do when you get that diagnosis? Evelyn and I attended Queen’s University in Kingston together. We met in September of first year at the IVCF...

How A Breast Cancer Fight Affects Intimacy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 21, 2020 | Grief

I get so many questions from women who are fighting breast cancer, or who have come through the other side, wondering what happens now? Have we lost intimacy? Will our marriage survive? I’ve watched many friends, my sister-in-law, and even my mother walk through...

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