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2 Things Pastors Should Never Say

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 9, 2022 | Pornography, Theology of Marriage and Sex

I do not believe that pastors need to be perfect. I absolutely believe that all of us are works in progress, and that we will always have areas where we need to grow. And I think it’s a good idea, in general, for pastors to admit when they’re still growing...

Stop Making Women Powerless in the Name of God

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 8, 2022 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

My heart hurts when I hear stories of what happens when women (or children or men, for that matter) are made powerless. In about a week or so we’ll be moving the blog over to a new domain, taking only the posts from 2018 with us. I have some posts from...

If Supporting Mark Driscoll Doesn’t Disqualify Someone from Leadership, What Does?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 5, 2022 | Faith

We need shepherds to act like shepherds–and caring for sheep means not supporting someone who preyed on sheep. Caring for the sheep means not supporting someone like Mark Driscoll, whose spiritual abuse caused Mars Hill in Seattle, the denomination he created,...

Why Do Some “Christian” Leaders Believe it’s Better for Women to be Killed than Raped?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 3, 2022 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

There’s been an alarming and disturbing conversation happening on social media lately about how women should choose death over being raped. An abuse advocate was talking to me about it, and how scary this trend was. I then began to see it all over Twitter, and...

A Beauty to Rescue or a Beauty that Rescues?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 29, 2022 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Do women long to be rescued? I may have done a Fixed-it-for-you-too-far last night on social media, critiquing John Eldredge for calling women’s souls “a bloody mess” in the book Captivating, that he co-authored with his wife Stasi. While most people...

Men’s Podcast: Do You Know What Your Wife Has Been Taught About Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 28, 2022 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

What if your wife has been taught toxic things about sex–and you don’t even realize it? This month we’ve been re-running some of my favourite podcast episodes from over a year ago, to allow a lot of our newer podcast listeners to hear some of the...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! 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 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.