by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 27, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers
Tragically, sexual harrassment, leering, and groping behaviour is all too common in churches–especially evangelical ones. Why “especially evangelical ones”? Because evangelical ones often stress that “boys will be boys”, “all...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 18, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers, Theology of Marriage and Sex
How can you make sure that the messages your kids hear in youth group about sex won’t be harmful ones? One of my big passions is helping sort through the messages about sex that we get in evangelical culture and throwing out the harmful ones and keeping the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 8, 2019 | Faith, Parenting Teenagers
What if the way churches are hiring youth pastors is hurting our youth and hurting our youth pastors? This is going to be a long one. My girls and I have been talking about this for years, as they have watched friends go the Bible college/youth pastor route, and we...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Aug 2, 2019 | Faith, Parenting Teenagers
There’s a lot of conversation about what causes people to leave the faith right now. Why do people reject Christianity?Josh Harris, author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, has publicly stated he’s no longer a Christian and it’s sparked a ton of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 15, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers
When I was a teenager, I went to a small youth group where we were lucky to get about 12 people out every Friday night. We were very close. We did everything together. They were my lifeline. Over the years we lost touch, but last week I had a thought, and I contacted...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 30, 2012 | Family, Parenting Teenagers, Sex, Sexual Intimacy
As I speak around the country and talk to young people, one thing that really disturbs me is the cavalier attitude so many Christians have about living together before marriage. And I think of a few young men that I know in various geographical areas right now who are...
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.
