Reader Question: What About Sex after Sexual Abuse?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 29, 2019 | Making Sex Feel Good

Today I want to tackle a difficult subject: how can you enjoy sex after sexual abuse in your past? Your whole outlook on sex has often been poisoned, so that it’s something icky, destructive, manipulative, and even evil. And now you’re married to a...

On Rachael Denhollander, Biblical Counselling, and Healing

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2019 | Faith

Do we understand what a safe counselling situation looks like? Last week I wrote a post on 10 questions you should ask your biblical counsellor before counselling. It was a controversial one to write, and I said pretty much all I wanted to say. But this week two...

3 Things to Remember When Reporting Sexual Abuse

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 25, 2019 | Abuse

On Friday I was talking about how churches should handle sexual abuse allegations. But what if you have to report sexual abuse yourself? A number of issues came out in the comments on that post that I thought really should be highlighted. So instead of answering a...

How Should Churches Handle Sexual Abuse Allegations?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 22, 2019 | Abuse

Churches and sexual abuse are in the news all too frequently today. First it was the Catholic Church. Then other denominations started to be looked at–most recently in a huge expose of the Southern Baptist Convention (700 victims in 200 churches; read the...

Day Two: What Emotions Do You Associate with Puberty?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 23, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers

We’re spending a week getting honest with ourselves about how we feel about sex and puberty–so that we can make we don’t pass on sexual shame! Being able to talk to your kids about sex without giving them the message that they should be ashamed of...

About Andy Savage, Sexual Abuse, and Doing the Right Thing

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 21, 2018 | Abuse, Grief

Yesterday, Andy Savage, pastor at megachurch Highpoint in Memphis, resigned finally after a sordid few months when his church gave him a standing ovation despite admitting that 20 years ago, while a youth pastor, he forced a youth group member to perform oral sex on...

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