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How Do We Make Sure These Two Horrific News Articles Stop Happening?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 2, 2022 | Abuse

I read two terrible news articles over the weekend that had me grieving and got me all riled up. News article #1: A woman reports her rape to her Christian college, and is then is banned from campus for having pre-marital sex. NBC News explains what happened: When...

Why Evangelicals Can’t Influence the World about Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 19, 2022 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

For the last three years I’ve been trying to change the evangelical conversation about sex. I’ve been pointing out how we went so very far off track with so much of our messaging in our best-sellers–focusing on men’s satisfaction and ignoring...

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...