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Why We Need to Rethink Automatic Bible College & 22-Year-Old Youth Pastors

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 8, 2019 | Faith, Parenting Teenagers

What if the way churches are hiring youth pastors is hurting our youth and hurting our youth pastors? This is going to be a long one. My girls and I have been talking about this for years, as they have watched friends go the Bible college/youth pastor route, and we...

10 Tips to Help Daughters Stay Safe from Sexual Assault on Campus

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 3, 2019 | Parenting Teenagers

How can you help your daughters stay safe from sexual assault as they leave for college? It’s a new school year and thousands of students around the world are on their way to campus, ready for syllabus week (frosh week here in Canada!). I remember what it was...

10 Ways to Support a Back-to-School Husband!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 29, 2017 | Emotional Connection, Spending Time Together

Is your husband going back to school this year? Many of us are in the throes of back to school season with our kids: packing lunches, buying new notebooks and pencils, decorating lockers. But for some of us, it’s not just the kids heading back. Some of us have...

How We Handled Money, Paying for College, and Vacations with Our Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 8, 2016 | Managing Money, Parenting Teenagers

If you’re hoping and praying your kids go to college, how are you planning for college to be paid for? About a month ago I was out in British Columbia celebrating some family birthdays when my cousin-in-law said something interesting. He said, “Nobody ever...

When Your Job As a Momma is Done (Almost!)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 27, 2015 | Parenting Teenagers

Next Monday we load up the last of Katie’s things, help the piano movers steady the piano in the truck, and head out on the highway to drop her off at university. My job as a mom is done. My youngest child is leaving home. I know I am always a mom; my older...

Reader Question: Should You Wait Until You Finish College for a Relationship?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 8, 2014 | Marriage, Preparing for Marriage

Every Monday I like to post a Reader Question and take a stab at answering it. Today’s comes from a college-aged friend of my oldest daughter Rebecca: Should you wait until you finish college to have a relationship–or to marry? This is a question...