by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 2, 2021 | Parenting Small Children
I opened up a huge can of worms when I posted recently about breastfeeding in church. Originally on Facebook, we were just talking about weird atmospheres in some evangelical churches where some guys refuse to even look at women because they may be dangerous and...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 27, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers
Tragically, sexual harrassment, leering, and groping behaviour is all too common in churches–especially evangelical ones. Why “especially evangelical ones”? Because evangelical ones often stress that “boys will be boys”, “all...
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!...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 25, 2021 | Abuse, Parenting Teenagers
When research is poorly done, and then that research is used to “prove” something in Christian circles, everything can go awry. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be telling you some of the things we learned in our survey of 20,000 women last year,...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 21, 2021 | Abuse, Podcasts
I believe that we can eradicate rape culture from the evangelical church. In fact, I’m committed to it! And in this week’s podcast we’re looking at how to do that. But first, some background. Today marks the beginning of our debunking series, where...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers
Yesterday was my daughter Rebecca’s 26th birthday, and it occurred to me how much her life and my life have differed when it comes to church. Here’s my favourite picture of her, taken this fall with her son: I was supposed to write something else...