When It’s Hard to Rejoice with Other People’s Victories

by Joanna Sawatsky | Sep 4, 2018 | gratitude, grief, peace

We’re told to rejoice with those who rejoice. But sometimes that’s an awfully hard slog. Hi everyone – this is Joanna, one of Sheila’s assistants. This week in September, Sheila (and all of us at To Love, Honor, and Vacuum), remember Sheila and...

Reader Question: How Does Grief Affect Your Sex Life?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 6, 2018 | grief, intimacy

How does grief affect your sex life? How does it affect intimacy when you’re hurting? On Mondays I like to take a reader question and try to answer it on video (and I’ve had great fun filming some upcoming ones with my daughter Rebecca!). But today’s...

A Prayer Through Tears for Those Who Have Lost Babies

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 29, 2018 | grief, healing, prayer

Losing a baby is one of the most painful experiences we can have in this life. We’re coming up to Good Friday and Easter, the Christian celebration of Jesus’ death and resurrection. I know that many of my readers are walking through deep pain right...

About Andy Savage, Sexual Abuse, and Doing the Right Thing

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 21, 2018 | abuse, grief, healing, responsibility

Yesterday, Andy Savage, pastor at megachurch Highpoint in Memphis, resigned finally after a sordid few months when his church gave him a standing ovation despite admitting that 20 years ago, while a youth pastor, he forced a youth group member to perform oral sex on...

How to Stop Looking Back and Living a Life Full of Marriage Regrets

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 28, 2017 | gratitude, grief, peace

One of the things I love most about the Christmas season is the ability to just live and savour the moment. We spend far too much time either worrying about the future or regretting the past. Over the last week, other than the two absolutely huge family dinners I...

When Christmas Isn’t Joyful

by Samantha Bryant | Dec 22, 2017 | Christmas, Faith, grief

Christmas isn’t always joyful. Marriages go through rough patches, people get sick, and when you’ve suffered loss in your family, Christmas can bring that all back like nothing else. Today I have Samantha Duncan on the blog, who is actually one of the...

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