by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2020 | Parenting Small Children
I think it’s vitally important to teach kids to use the proper words for body parts, and particularly genitalia. It decreases shame; it helps them understand their bodies; it can even help prevent sexual abuse. We’re working really hard behind the scenes...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2020 | Abuse, Faith
So during COVID, my husband and I, like many around North America, watched the complete and utter train wreck that is the Netflix series Tiger King. It depicts something so unbelievably awful that you almost can’t turn away (although turn away I finally did. I...
by Connor Lindenbach | Apr 27, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers, Pornography
What’s happening with the next generation when it comes to pornography? How will porn use affect them, and their marriages? We’re in the last Monday in our series about porn in April. We looked at the effects of porn; at 4 things you should do if your...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 24, 2020 | Abuse
In church, we simply don’t have a good working understanding of the importance of consent in sex. I think it’s because we tend to operate with the idea that women aren’t allowed to say no to sex, and that sex is an entitlement upon marriage. As we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2020 | Doing Life Together
We are living in weird times. I can’t say unprecedented; plagues were relatively common throughout history. A while back I read a biography of Abigail Adams, and remember vividly the story of how she had her kids “vaccinated” against smallpox (which...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 18, 2020 | Doing Life Together
This month on the blog we’re talking about real community–how to be in a healthy place with people who love you and challenge you, and whom you can spur on to love and good deeds, too. We’ve been talking about how to find healthy community, how to...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! 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 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
