What if High School Becomes Impossible for Your Kids?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 8, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers

Can high school become a toxic environment? Absolutely. I want to talk briefly today about 13 Reasons Why (the Netflix show), but don’t worry if you don’t care about that show. I’m going to make a bigger point that applies to all of us. When the...

A Letter to the Woman with a Controlling Husband

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 5, 2016 | Abuse, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Are you married to a controlling husband? I wrote a big post recently about how too often our Christian culture promotes a version of church and marriage that makes women powerless–and that this inevitably leads to abuse. Not that EVERY woman will be...

Standing up to Adult Bullies

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 26, 2015 | Sheila Snippets

I’m sorry my post is late today. I’ve had a sleepless night, thinking and praying about something I’ve been involved in. And I’ve been wrestling with my motivations, and my commitment, but most of all my WHY? Many years ago, when I was in high...

What the Mark Driscoll Mess Tells Us About Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 28, 2014 | Abuse, Faith, Marriage, Theology of Marriage and Sex

I am angry today. I am angry that lately so many high profile leaders in the Christian church have had to step down in disgrace. I’m angry that it is giving our world, which desperately needs Christ, a negative view of the church–and of God. I know some of...

Adult Bullies and their Enablers

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 25, 2013 | Abuse, Family

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s talks about adult bullies–do you know one? Anti-bullying campaigns are all the rage in our schools today. What we often fail to...