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When Going to Church Leads to Worse Outcomes for Teen Girls

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2022 | Parenting Teenagers, Theology of Marriage and Sex

On almost every measure, church attendance is good for you. Researchers have consistently found that religiosity is positively correlated with better mental health, better health overall, better relationships, and even longevity. BUT–and there’s a very big...

Who is Safer to Date: Christian Men or Secular Men?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 22, 2022 | Preparing for Marriage

Do you feel safer in Christian spaces or non-Christian ones? That can be a hard one to answer because there are so many variables, but yesterday I set off a firestorm with my post that only 33.7% of married, evangelical men meet our four criteria for being sexually...

The Podcast Where YOU Can Speak Up, Too, and Become Part of the Change

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 13, 2022 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Listen to the Podcast Here Browse all the Different Podcasts See the Last “Start Your Engines” (Men’s) Podcast Or, as always, you can watch on YouTube: Timeline of the Podcast 0:10 Exciting/Encouraging Things4:30 RQ: How can I speak up more at...

PODCAST: A Church Called TOV, and Matthew 18!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 15, 2021 | Faith, Podcasts

Can we have a church with a goodness culture? This week on the podcast Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer, father-daughter duo co-authors of A Church Called Tov, joined Rebecca and me to talk about what it means to create a healthy church rather than a toxic church....

PODCAST: Churchianity vs. Christianity and The Year of Being Homeless

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 17, 2020 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Looking back on 2020 is humbling. It’s been a tough year with COVID and plans crumbling and retreating into small bubbles, but on the other hand I’ve also written two books, created The Orgasm Course, and gotten so much done because I haven’t been...

COMMUNITY SERIES: 10 Ways to Break Into A New Church and Find Friends

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 9, 2020 | Doing Life Together

How do you make friends at a new church? We’ve been talking about building community here on the blog in March, and one of the big questions that came out last week in our initial post on church community was how to break into a church that seems cliquey. So...