by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 14, 2019 | Abuse, Podcasts
I’m afraid that most of us don’t know the signs of grooming behavior when it comes to sexual abuse. I know I didn’t! But sexual abuse, especially in churches, has been in the news a lot lately, and I thought it was worth doing a post on...
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 Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 5, 2019 | Faith
Can churches do biblical counseling in a safe way? Is there a code of ethics that churches or biblical counselors could adopt to protect clients? I really only intended to write one post about biblical counseling, but I wrote that post, and then the floodgates of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2019 | Faith
Do we understand what a safe counselling situation looks like? Last week I wrote a post on 10 questions you should ask your biblical counsellor before counselling. It was a controversial one to write, and I said pretty much all I wanted to say. But this week two...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 19, 2019 | Abuse
Is a biblical counsellor a good option when you need help with your marriage? Rebecca and I were talking on our podcast a few weeks ago about why biblical counsellors might be more likely to be dangerous when you need help. I’m not saying Christian...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 25, 2019 | Abuse
On Friday I was talking about how churches should handle sexual abuse allegations. But what if you have to report sexual abuse yourself? A number of issues came out in the comments on that post that I thought really should be highlighted. So instead of answering a...
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.
