Preparing for Marriage Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

How the “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” Model Left Women So Emotionally Vulnerable

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 27, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage

Just because you’re not going to date doesn’t mean you don’t get your heart broken. My article yesterday on how Elisabeth Elliot’s courtship with Jim sounds quite toxic and unfair to Elisabeth blew up on Facebook and social media. Most were in...

On Elisabeth Elliot’s Terrible Courtship–and Dating Men “Sold Out for Jesus”

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 26, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage

Elisabeth Elliot’s book Passion and Purity is NOT a love story. These last few weeks I’ve been reading the big books marketed to young women in the evangelical world for research for our mother-daughter book, and one of those was Passion & Purity. I...

Is It “Better to Marry Than to Burn”?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 25, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage

I’ve often heard pastors say that the only explicit reason given for marriage in the Bible is that it is better to marry than to burn with passion. The context they’re quoting is from 1 Corinthians 7: Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good...

The Man Who Changed a Grieving Heart

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 4, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage

So many women whose marriages have fallen apart end up on this blog, wondering if there is any hope for finding the kind of love that God designed for marriage. And today I have a lovely story I want to share with you from Manndi deBoef, one of my readers. As...

Why I Drowned a Book in the Bathtub Before I Was Married

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 12, 2021 | Preparing for Marriage, Sexual Intimacy

Valentine’s Day is coming up this weekend, and I thought today I’d give you a personal, and even a private, insight into our love story. I shared a bit on the podcast yesterday, but I’d like to expand on it some. The book that messed up our sex...

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!...

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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.