knitting Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Unveiling a Ten Year Project: Plus Serving a God Who Knits Everything Together

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...

Jesus Doesn’t Leave Holes. He Fixes Them.

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...

Sometimes It’s Not that People Need Help. It’s that You Need to Help

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....

Are You in a Good Pattern for Your Marriage?

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...

What if Balance is Overrated?

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...

Question of the Week: Tell Me About Your Pre-Marital Counseling

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,...