David Raped Bathsheba: Why It’s Important that We Allow for This Interpretation

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 18, 2019 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Rachael Denhollander said that David raped Bathsheba. And then everything broke loose. She said it two weeks ago at the Caring Well conference from the Southern Baptist Convention, talking about how to recognize sexual abuse. But after she said it, a pastor from...

How to Reconnect with Your Body if You’re an Abuse Survivor (or Trauma Survivor)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 4, 2019 | Abuse

When you’re abused, a common defense mechanism is dissociation–when you mentally “flee” your body and try to be anywhere but here. That helps you live through trauma. But it also creates a whole heap of problems down the road when you’re...

10 Ways to Be an Abuse Savvy Mom

by Joanna Sawatsky | Oct 1, 2019 | Abuse, Parenting Small Children

As parents we want to do everything we can to protect our kids from sexual abuse. And even though we can never completely eliminate the risk, we can make it more likely that they will tell us if something is up. We can make it more likely that we will notice. And we...

An Example of What Gaslighting Women Using the Bible Looks Like

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 19, 2019 | Abuse, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Tragically, too often in “Christian” teaching women’s views are ignored, or “gaslighted”. It’s time for a new To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast, and this one’s a doozy, and a bit of a departure from my normal podcasts....

Netflix’s Unbelievable is Unbelievably Good

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 16, 2019 | Abuse, Book Reviews, Theology of Marriage and Sex

So I binge watched Unbelievable (with some exceptions that I’ll tell you) on Saturday, and I was very impressed. I had another post all scheduled to go for today, but I wanted to tell you about this show because it’s a new one and everyone’s talking...

On False Teachers, Calling People to Account, and Compassion

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 29, 2019 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Last Thursday night, at 3 a.m., my husband and I were awakened by a terrible siren coming from our cell phones. An Amber alert had been sent out across Ontario, because a 2-year-old girl had been kidnapped after her abusive father had broken down the door to their...

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