10 Ways to Stay Close When You’re in a Period of Waiting

by Joanna Sawatsky | Nov 27, 2018 | Faith, Marriage

Waiting is hard. You have no control. There’s nothing you can do to make it better. And in those moments, how do you stay close to your spouse? I invited Joanna, who works for me, to write a post today on how she and Josiah have handled waiting in the last year,...

Have You Mistakenly Made God Seem Really Distant?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 5, 2017 | Faith

Sometimes the things we believe about God can actually make Him seem quite distant. One of those is our beliefs about how God sees sin. When we think that all sins are equal, we can actually make God seem really heartless. Last week I posted an article that went...

Reader Question: Does God Care More About Men Than About Women?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 28, 2017 | Faith, Sex

Does God love men more than women? Every now and then I receive an email that makes my heart hurt. Recently I got this one, from a woman who is looking at the Bible, and looking around at her church, and ending up wondering if God really loves women. She asks: So, I...

When You Don’t Know God’s Plans for You

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 8, 2016 | Emotional Connection

Sheila’s Marriage Moment: When God Asks You to Wait Every Friday I like to run a 400-word inspirational piece about marriage. Here’s the New Year’s edition. As the New Year dawns, many of us have made resolutions and printed out goal sheets. And...

When Waiting is Hard

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized

Waiting is hard. It’s probably my least favorite thing to do–next to getting blood tests. I hate blood tests. On Fridays I usually run a 400-word inspirational marriage moment, but in looking back over past Christmas columns that I’ve written I found...

Waiting on God: Letting Him Work, Not You

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 20, 2015 | Faith, Family

Waiting on God is not natural for me. I’m a Type A personality. When I see a problem, I analyze it. I tackle it. And I jump in! In fact, problems exhilirate me. I love the thrill of figuring out how to fix something and get it to go the way I want it to go. I...

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