Is Sex Physically Vulnerable to Men?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2020 | Libido, Sexual Intimacy

We know that sex is vulnerable to women. But is it vulnerable to men, too? I received this reader question recently which I found really insightful. She asks, Reader Question I am currently going through the book, “Rethinking Sexuality” by Dr Julie...

SEX and YOUR BODY SERIES: The Body Keeps the Score and Sexual Trauma

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 24, 2020 | Sexual Intimacy

How does trauma impact our physical bodies–and our sexual lives? I’ve been wanting to read The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk for several months now. It’s been highly recommended by so many who study and work in the field of sexual...

Privacy or Secrecy? The Truth of Why Christians Don’t Talk About Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 18, 2020 | Sexual Intimacy

It was the first time I’d heard of the term, “heavy petting,” among other things. Some friends had let my sisters borrow a book. It was a Christian book about sex, and honestly, though I devoured it from cover to cover, I don’t remember much,...

What Is Real Intimacy? And What Does Sex Have to Do With It?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 14, 2020 | Sexual Intimacy

What is real intimacy? Is it friendship? Sex? Or more? I met my husband while I was in university. We became best friends quite quickly and were soon spending all our time together, telling each other everything. It was wonderful. About a year and a half into that...

Can We Revisit Masturbation in Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 6, 2019 | Libido, Sexual Intimacy

I’ve talked a lot about masturbation in marriage on this blog before. I’ve tended to come down pretty hard on masturbation (I really hope there’s not some ugly double entendre there that I’m not seeing) in the past when it’s done for...

Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Form Soul Ties By Having Sex with Somebody?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 13, 2019 | Sexual Intimacy, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Does having sex with somebody mean that you have a soul tie with them–a spiritual bond that is hard to break? This month at To Love, Honor and Vacuum we’re doing our Wednesday series on soul ties and emotional bonds, because it’s a topic that seems...

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