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When Church Goes Backwards: Why We Should Apologize to Millennials

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 20, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

Yesterday was my daughter Rebecca’s 26th birthday, and it occurred to me how much her life and my life have differed when it comes to church. Here’s my favourite picture of her, taken this fall with her son: I was supposed to write something else...

To the Wife Who Feels Like God is Punishing Her for Having Sex Before Marriage

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 19, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Have you ever felt like God is punishing you, and your sex life in marriage, because of sexual sin before marriage? (I was going to run a post today where people could get our pre-order bonuses for The Great Sex Rescue. It’s coming tomorrow! Just some last...

How Can We Help Youth Groups Not Teach Harmful Messages about Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 18, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers, Theology of Marriage and Sex

How can you make sure that the messages your kids hear in youth group about sex won’t be harmful ones? One of my big passions is helping sort through the messages about sex that we get in evangelical culture and throwing out the harmful ones and keeping the...

The Podcast That’s Talking Back to Purity Culture!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 14, 2021 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Did you grow up with purity culture? And if so, how did it affect you? We’re launching in to two months of podcasts looking at how specific beliefs may impact sex in marriage, all leading up to the release of our new book The Great Sex Rescue, based on our...

When You Need a Good Cup of Tea and a Book That Makes You Feel Better

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 21, 2020 | Book Reviews, Faith

Don’t we all just want to escape reality right about now? We’ve got the news bombarding us with COVID and the election and craziness and it’s just so darn depressing. And I know that these last two months, as I’ve talked about libido and...

What’s Holding You Back from Great Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 20, 2020 | Making Sex Feel Good

Often what we think about sex gets in the way of great sex. We’re in the middle of our orgasm series, and we’re less than one week out from releasing our Orgasm Course! I’m so excited (though I still have a ton to do!). One of the things that...