by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 11, 2022 | Sheila Snippets
On the a vacation we took just over a decade ago, I started knitting a blanket. It was what knitters call a “sock yarn blanket”, meaning that it’s made from all the ends of balls you have after you’ve finished a pair of socks. For twenty years...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 2, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
I’d like to tell you a story today about socks, holes, and re-knitting something beautiful. I love knitting socks. Well, I love knitting anything, but socks are great when it’s hot because they’re small so they don’t lay in your lap when...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 17, 2018 | Sheila Snippets
I spend far too much of my time angry at the world. I read your comments and emails about marriages that sound so difficult, largely because of extreme selfishness on one person’s part, manifesting itself in porn use, laziness, adultery, or avoiding intimacy....
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 1, 2018 | Emotional Connection, Marriage
When we were on our speaking tour in Australia in May, we drove a grand total of 6000 km. Or rather, my husband drove 6000 km. In a campervan. On the wrong side of the road. There was no way I was driving that thing! (My husband is a good man with far more spatial...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 17, 2014 | Faith, Homemaking
Balance. It’s the buzzword of this generation. In our hectic lives, everyone is searching for that elusive thing called “balance”, where we feel like we’re living out our priorities, we’re able to get the rest we need, but we’re...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 6, 2013 | Preparing for Marriage
Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week, though, all my questions were really complex and not easily summarized. I never post someone’s whole story because I just want to talk about general issues,...