Why Male Circumcision and Female Genital Mutilation are Not the Same Thing

by Sheila Gregoire | Aug 4, 2017 | abuse, culture

It hit the news recently that three individuals, including a female physician, have been arrested in the United States on charges of female genital mutilation. Excuse me for going on a bit of a rant today, but one of the benefits of having a blog that a lot of people...

7 Things the Purity Culture Failed to Teach Me

by Rebecca Gregoire | Jun 29, 2017 | culture, Sex

Growing up in the purity culture people can learn the wrong lessons about sex–and God. Here are 7 things one woman had to unlearn once she married: How can we raise our kids to have a healthy view of sex–and not perpetuate some of the unhealthy aspects of...

10 Reasons We Need to Stop Romanticizing the Amish

by Sheila Gregoire | May 30, 2017 | abuse, culture

The buggies. The farms. The laundry hanging out on the line, the girls learning how to bake, the boys in the fields. Amish life seems so idyllic! And so we Christians gobble up millions of romance novels about the Amish. We travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to see...

10 Important Truths from 13 Reasons Why–with Discussion Questions

by Sheila Gregoire | Apr 25, 2017 | culture, media, teenagers

Teenage suicide should never be romanticized. There is a lot of buzz that Netflix’s new series 13 Reasons Why does just that. I disagree. I watched it over the last week, and I have rarely seen a show that so captures the complexities and grittiness of teenage...

Does the Church Divide by Gender Too Much?

by Sheila Gregoire | Mar 9, 2017 | culture, Faith, purpose, responsibility

I speak around North America at women’s events. And I love it. I give a sex talk called “Girl Talk: Straight Talk About Sex, Marriage, and Intimacy” that goes over really well. Keith and I actually have a talk that covers much of the same material...

How We’ve Built a Life For Ourselves Online

by Rebecca Gregoire | Jan 19, 2017 | culture, financial management, Uncategorized, working

This semester I did something very brave–that actually didn’t turn out to be such a big deal at all. I didn’t fuss when my youngest daughter decided she wanted to drop to part-time status at university so that she could start doing YouTube full-time....

« Older Entries