by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 20, 2020 | Preparing for Marriage
Can you marry the wrong person? When Keith and I started speaking at marriage conferences in 2004 and 2005, we were still using curriculum from FamilyLife USA. And the emphasis in that curriculum was in preventing divorce. I remember one of the major teachings was...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 12, 2020 | Preparing for Marriage
What does 1 Corinthians 7:9–“it is better to marry than to burn with passion”–mean? I was blown away by the comments last Friday when we were talking about the gatekeeping phenomenon that many women feel, when we think that the boy is the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 8, 2019 | Faith, Preparing for Marriage, Videos
Do we emphasize the wrong thing when talking about what makes someone marriage material?We receive a lot of emails from people in, frankly, horrible marriage situations. Oftentimes it’s an issue where sin or selfishness has been allowed to roam free for a while...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 28, 2019 | Marriage, Pornography
What should you do if your fiance watches porn? Quite frankly, Porn destroys marriage. It rewires the brain so that what becomes arousing is an image, rather than a person. And it distorts people’s sexuality, so that we concentrate solely on the physical aspects...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 14, 2018 | Preparing for Marriage
Sometimes a love story is beautiful, but AWFULLY risky! I asked on my Facebook Page recently: what elements of your love story shouldn’t have worked but did? And I got some great stories! (Seriously, I’ve been asking a lot of questions on Facebook lately...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 24, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers, Preparing for Marriage
Does your daughter know how to recognize a “good guy”? Last week I shared my thoughts about that viral post “Men Prefer Debt Free Virgins without Tattoos”. One of the points I was making is that, ultimately, rules don’t tell you a thing...
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.
