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!
The “Chew the Meat and Spit out the Bones” Toxic Approach to Books
Should you read Christian self-help books that are a little bit harmful? Recently I posted an Instagram reel taken from the podcast I recorded with...
Why Equality Is a Huge foundation of Danish “Hygge” (Happiness)
What if equality is a prerequisite to happiness? I started this week, as I'm back from vacation, talking about the Danish concept of "hygge", or...
PODCAST: The Sex Talk You Never Got feat. Sam Jolman
What if purity culture didn’t just steal sexual health from women, but stole it from men too? What does it mean for a man to have healthy sexuality?...
Is It Wrong to Be Attracted to the Person You’re Going to Marry?
Is sexual attraction outside of marriage a sin? Honestly, this is a strange discussion, but I'm not the one who started it. Jared Moore, an SBC...
A “Hygge” Marriage: What the Danes Can Teach Us about Happiness in Marriage
The Danes can teach us a lot about how to be happy in marriage! I am back from three weeks offline (which was amazing, and which I desperately...
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Our FREE New Wineskins Webinar Explaining our Findings
We can change the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage. Let’s say that with the proper emphasis: We CAN change the evangelical...
Male Passivity: Does the Danvers Statement See the Problem the Right Way?
Sheila here! Our June series on Bare Marriage is all about the four problems that those who believe in hierarchy in marriage say we can encounter....
Amazing She Should Know Merch Is Here!
She should know that Jesus is not a Jealous Boyfriend. In our book She Deserves Better, we have 32 headings that start "She Should Know..." 32...
PODCAST: How To Support Your Wife in an Equal Relationship feat. Todd Korpi
How do you act out the belief that women are equal? This podcast takes a fun and different take on a topic we've dealt with a lot--but we haven't...
Male-Centric Sex: Confusing Willingness to Have Intercourse with Arousal
You can definitely tell if a woman is aroused. But what if some marriage authors or teachers don’t understand the difference between a woman being...
DANVERS STATEMENT SERIES: Complementarian Problem #1: Men Dominating their Wives
Sheila here! Keith’s had something gnawing at him for quite a few months, and asked if he could write the series for June where he can build his...
Shiny, Happy People Amazon Series: It’s Personal. It’s Important.
The story behind Shiny, Happy People is the story behind Bare Marriage. Not exactly, of course. But in many ways we started this work because of the...
PODCAST: Male-Centric Sex vs. The Sexual Response Cycle
What if the sex that is being described by many male authors is actually male-centric? What if the way they're talking about sex actually hints that...
PODCAST: The Porn Triage–How to Tell How Likely Recovery Will Be
Can we have a nuanced discussion about porn and the likelihood of recovery? One of our goals for what we do is to help people have "informed...
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Report
Callous and smug. That's the impression I got about those high up in the Southern Baptist Convention after reading the report that dropped on the...
On Spanking: When You Think You’re Following the Bible, but You’re Really Following Your Own Interpretation
It's easy to use the "we're just following the Bible!" trumpcard when debating something, and spanking proves an excellent example of how this can...
Spanking Fixed It For You: It’s Okay to Change Your Mind about Spanking
I never spanked my kids. Well, there's a funny story about Katie, but I'll leave that for another time. What I did do, though, was write a column...
PODCAST: How We Love–Attachment Styles and Marriage with the Yerkovichs!
How do our attachment styles--or love styles--affect our marriage? This month on the blog we're talking all about attachment styles. So often we...
What the Hookup Culture and Purity Culture Have in Common
What if both purity culture and the hookup culture are teaching people to treat sex with dissociation and disconnection?Sheila here! Today I'm proud...
On Michelle Duggar’s Signature and the Infantilization of Women in Fundamentalist Christianity
Like you, I'm heartbroken by the Josh Duggar case, and by the continued support for him from his wife. I noticed something that I shared on social...
A 7 Point Plan for the Church to Care for Victims, not Support Abusers
What happens when we stress forgiveness over authenticity and confession? I want to start this morning with the story that got me thinking in this...
On Modesty: We Shouldn’t Sacrifice Teen Girls’ Well-Being for Adult Men’s Comfort
A basic principle in the Old Testament is actually quite a simple one: People of God don't sacrifice children. Read through the prophets, and you'll...
The 5 Love Styles and the Attachment Styles Dance
Our attachment style that we learn in childhood affects our "love styles" as adults. I'm a big fan of the book How We Love by Milan and Kay...
Sexual Pleasure: Why Equality of Effort Won’t Get Us There
Just a super quick post today on why "equality" sometimes misses the boat when it comes to sexual pleasure. I use Tuesdays either to take a day off...
Your Kids May Have Attachment Issues; That Doesn’t Mean It’s Your Fault
When my daughter Rebecca was 19 months old, her baby brother died. He was only a month old. We learned when I was about 5 months pregnant about his...
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!