Abuse Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Why Does Emerson Eggerichs Consider a Woman Crying in the Shower Before Sex “A Goldmine”?

by Connor Lindenbach | Jan 19, 2022 | Abuse

It’s Time to Revisit Love & Respect! It’s three years ago this week that we launched our first series looking at the problems with the book Love & Respect. Since then we’ve received over 1000 stories of how that book made people’s...

Why We’re Going to See a Divorce Surge in the Church–and More!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 7, 2022 | Abuse

When it comes to marriage and the church, I believe the ground is shifting beneath our feet right now. As I’v been sharing all week as we look back on 2021, things are changing quickly. God is shaking things, and people are starting to understand God’s...

PODCAST: What Are Christian Resources NOT Telling You About Abuse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 21, 2021 | Abuse

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month–and today I thought we’d take a look at what too many Christian resources are NOT telling us about abuse. It’s another edition of the Bare Marriage podcast, and I wanted to make sure that we had at least...

More Fixed It For Yous: Can Christian Resources Please Stop Enabling Abuse and Sexual Coercion?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 6, 2021 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Sometimes the way that Christian resources talk about sexual coercion and abuse makes me want to cry. When writing The Great Sex Rescue, we read the 10 bestselling marriage books (we excluded 3 because they didn’t talk enough about sex) and 6 iconic sex books....

10 Truths About Emotionally Destructive Marriages

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 24, 2021 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

How can you tell if your marriage is emotionally destructive, or if it’s just a normal level of pain? I caused a firestorm on Facebook over the weekend when I asked whether we talk too much about how “marriage is hard”, and then when people are truly...

Reader Question: When Does Anger Become Abuse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 4, 2021 | Abuse, Resolving Conflict

How can you tell if your husband has anger management issues, or if he’s actually abusive? I’m starting a series on the blog this month on direct communication, and yesterday we looked at what hinders speaking directly. We’ll also cover what direct...

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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.