Every month on the blog, I like to focus on a particular topic.
It doesn’t mean that every post in that month has to do with that topic, but often I have more to say on something than just one post will allow, and so I dedicate a month to go more in-depth.
In August, we’ve been talking about periods! But I’ve also tackled emotional labor, MBTI personalities, birth control, submission in marriage, and so much more.
I know some of you have joined the blog only relatively recently, and so you may not have had time to delve into some of the series that I’ve done in the past. Since there’s an extra Monday in August, I thought I’d post my most recent series, so that you all can peruse and catch up if there’s a topic you’ve missed. And the other posts in each series should be listed at the bottom of these posts, too.
Have fun!
Why It Matters that Jesus is the Word of God
What does it mean to keep Jesus at the center of faith? A couple of weeks ago I made an offhand comment in a podcast. I don’t even remember what...
PODCAST: Not All Men–But Way Too Many (Thanks to toxic Teachings)
Not all men are predators. A lot of men are very good guys. But far too many are predators, and over the last 10 days I've been so angry as I've...
Do Shame and Fear Make Us Gravitate Towards Toxic Teachings?
What if our deepest wounds drive us to fundamentalism? A few months ago a reader sent me a beautiful story of healing that exemplifies a common...
7 Ways Your God-Given Stone Age Brain May Influence You
What if the reason you often feel stuck is actually your brain trying to protect you? I seriously loved Dr. Merry Lin’s book Rebecoming, that we...
Let’s Stop Excusing Sexual Assault on a Technicality
Remember Bill Clinton and it depends on the definition of "is"? In the 90s, in the middle of the Monica Lewinsky scandal (which, in retrospect, is...
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10 Conversation Starters for Family Dinners During the Holidays
Sheila here! This is a post from Rebecca from a few years ago, and with the holiday season approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit...
Sweat the Small Stuff Early in Your Marriage!
It’s okay to sweat the small stuff. We talk a lot at Bare Marriage about the big things that wreck a marriage, and how when abuse is running rampant...
PODCAST: If Momma Ain’t Happy–Why It’s Okay to Sweat the Small Stuff
Is it really a woman's role to pretend like everything is okay? To see her life as just being about surrender, as if her needs don't matter? We're...
10 Ideas for Church Women’s Events that Women Will Actually Enjoy
Do you find that women's events are often boring--or irrelevant? Every now and then I write something on social media to just start a conversation...
Our Marriage Survey is Ready!
Our new marriage survey is all ready to go, with ethics approval and everything! And here’s Joanna Sawatsky, our intrepid stats person and co-author...
Can We Make Room for Women in Church Who Don’t Fit the Stereotype?
What if you’re not a stay-at-home mom? I’m processing a lot about the book Stained Glass Ceilings by Lisa Swartz that we talked about yesterday on...
PODCAST Stained Glass Ceilings: How the Church Does Gender feat. Lisa Swartz
How do egalitarian and complementarian seminaries differ in how they do gender? Stained Glass Ceilings by Lisa Weaver Swartz is a fascinating book....
The ESV Bible Translation is Terribly Sexist–and It Was Designed to Be!
The ESV is a sexist Bible translation. And they even said that when they were translating it! It was commissioned in order to counteract the TNIV...
Does Sex Bond You to Your Partner? Not Necessarily!
Were you ever told as a teen that if you have sex with someone, you will bond with them? That if you have sex you will feel so bonded that it will...
Podcast: Learned Helplessness & Sex
Can we have learned helplessness with sex? As we talk more about how to get your sex life out of the pit that one, or both, of you have dug for...
How to Reclaim Your Sexual Autonomy in Marriage
If we want sex to be awesome, then we need to be able to feel like sex is for us too. We need to feel like we matter. Sex is supposed to be mutual,...
How Do You get Your Husband To Understand That He Coerced You Into Sex?
If your husband has been coercing you into sex, how do you get him to understand what he's done? That's the million dollar question, isn't it?...
Does 1 Corinthians 7 Say that She Has No Sexual Autonomy?
You will never have a healthy sex life if you don't have autonomy over your own body. You just can't. Unless you are free to say yes or to say no,...
When You Realize You’ve Coerced Your Wife Into Sex: 5 Next Steps
What do you do if your wife tells you that she feels as if she has been raped? Or, if she doesn't use those exact words, if she tells you that she...
Should We Follow Science or the Bible?
When it comes to judging marriage advice, how do we figure out what's right? I've been following Robin on Twitter for a while now, blown away by her...
Christians Need a Better Understanding of Consent
What does it mean to be "unwilling" to have sex? We're in the middle of a series on the blog about how to dig out of the pit your sex life is in,...
The “Myth of the Magic Penis” Podcast
It's the podcast where we redefine sex--and talk about how it's about more than the penis! Today on the podcast I'm introducing the series we've...
What To Do If You’re a Victim of Marital Rape
There is little more devastating to a marriage than rape. This month, on the blog, we're talking about how to recover from sexual problems in your...
2 Kinds of Marital Rape that Evangelicalism (Inadvertently) Enables
Marital rape is the story in all too many Christian marriages. When we analyzed the top 13 evangelical books for our book The Great Sex Rescue,...
What Stops You from Treating Your Body as a Friend?
I was not kind to my body yesterday, and I am feeling it! When people used to complain about food insensitivities, I never really understood until...
Are there any other topics you’d like me to cover? Let me know in the comments!
Great round up! I’m looking forward to reading these. 🙂
Since you asked what we would like to see in a series:
Getting your marriage back on track after it has been derailed by (fill in the blank, and maybe this changes depending on what derailed it)
The emotional and perspective issues for newlyweds. Sorry if this is hard to describe, but I think a lot of newlyweds, especially younger ones, start marriage with ideas like:
the wedding is a big party
your first loyalty is still to your family of origin
this is just a more permanent version of a dating relationship where God allows us to have sex
it’s okay to disagree in public or in front of the kids
if your friends and family have always given you good advice, you should continue to turn to them for advice (even if it has the effect of putting marital decisions up to a popular vote)
I would love something about how and when to give marriage advice to friends. When is it appropriate to mention if you feel like something is off and how to bring that up.
Oh, that’s a great idea for a series! About how to support marriages in your circle/community, and support people when something is really off. Maybe for December when we’re talking about family? I’ll put that in the docket!