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Why Do Some “Christian” Leaders Believe it’s Better for Women to be Killed than Raped?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 3, 2022 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

There’s been an alarming and disturbing conversation happening on social media lately about how women should choose death over being raped. An abuse advocate was talking to me about it, and how scary this trend was. I then began to see it all over Twitter, and...

When Parents Enable Adult Children To Be Moochers

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 27, 2022 | Doing Life Together, Parenting Teenagers

Adult children can seriously take advantage of their parents–and seriously be moochers. Sheila here! A few weeks ago I started rerunning an important series I wrote six years ago about handling family dynamics as parents age and require care. We’re...

When Are Wet Towels on the Bed More than Just Wet Towels on the Bed?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 25, 2022 | Homemaking, Resolving Conflict

Did you know that 45,000 receive an email from me every Friday with a round-up of things from the blog and social media that week? To make sure you don’t miss anything? And that email is usually written by Rebecca, with an extra insight or thought into where the...

Let’s Talk About Wet Towels on the Bed

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 22, 2022 | Doing Life Together

So the wet towels anecdote from Love & Respect has gone big on social media this week. And I wanted to share it with you! As some of you may remember, I’ve been appalled at what Emerson Eggerichs said in his book Love & Respect (again, the most used...

AGING PARENTS: Splitting Responsibilities with Siblings

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 20, 2022 | Doing Life Together

What if aging parents need help, but only one child lives near them? This week I’ve been rerunning a series I did a few years ago about caring for aging parents. I originally started the conversation by accident, with a little bit of a rant on 3 things parents should...

AGING PARENTS SERIES: Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2022 | Doing Life Together

How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I’m re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We started yesterday talking about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for...

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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.