Preparing for Marriage Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Who is Safer to Date: Christian Men or Secular Men?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 22, 2022 | Preparing for Marriage

Do you feel safer in Christian spaces or non-Christian ones? That can be a hard one to answer because there are so many variables, but yesterday I set off a firestorm with my post that only 33.7% of married, evangelical men meet our four criteria for being sexually...

These Books Would Have Changed Our Lives

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 15, 2022 | Preparing for Marriage

If we had had these Great Sex Guides before we got married, there would be no Great Sex Rescue. No To Love, Honor and Vacuum blog. No Bare Marriage podcast. Why? Because we wouldn’t have had years of pain that we had to untangle from, so I wouldn’t have...

PODCAST: What Are We Not Telling Couples About Waiting for the Wedding for Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 10, 2022 | Podcasts, Preparing for Marriage

We’ve got some uncomfortable truths about waiting until marriage for sex for you today! Yesterday on the blog I was talking about the increased rate of vaginismus among couples who wait for the wedding–and what we should do about that. That’s a large...

14 Tips for Safe–and Successful–Online Christian Dating!

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

So many people on this blog have found love through Christian online dating sites! I’m always amazed when I ask on social media who met their spouses online. Hundreds respond! And ever since I wrote The Great Sex Rescue, and began talking about how much the...

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 | Bare Marriage, 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...

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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.