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!
PODCAST: What We’ve Learned Now That Great Sex Rescue Turns 3!
A lot has surprised us in the three years since Great Sex Rescue was published! Today on the Bare Marriage podcast the three authors--Joanna...
Bible Baptist Tabernacle: The Pastor Who Said Women in Shorts Deserve To Be Raped
A few weeks ago, a North Carolina pastor went viral for saying men can’t help but rape. Here's Julie Roys' first tweet about it, with the embedded...
What if the 5 Love Languages Are Junk Science?
Do the 5 Love Languages stand up to scientific scrutiny? In January of this year, an article was published and was called Popular Psychology Through...
The Question That Haunts Me 35 Years Later
Scott was a seriously cute Australian whose accent made me swoon. I was 18-years-old, and attending Capernwray Bible college in England for a...
PODCAST: Do You Even Want This Kind of Marriage?
What if...the people we listen to for advice are more likely to be being abused? And what if the couples held up as ones to emulate by organizations...
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A Summary of Issues with Every Man’s Battle (with download)
For Years, Every Man's Battle by Steve Arterburn and Fred Stoeker has been the best-selling evangelical book tackling sexual addiction. However, in...
Two Quick Ways You Can Help Me Today
Today, I'd like to do a quick post with two ways that you can help with our mission. We're trying to change the conversation about marriage and sex...
The Funniest Fixed It for You!
Sometimes I laugh when making a Fixed It for You and I just can't stop. I mean, often my Fixed It for Yous are so awful that they make you angry and...
The Podcast Where a Church Puts a Marital Rape Victim Under Church Discipline
Today I want to tell you the story of a woman who was the victim of marital rape--and what her church did to her. She's an amazing woman. She...
Being Biblical Means Loving the Whole Bible, Not Just Pet Verses
Sheila here! My husband Keith came on to discuss his frustrations with claims of "being unbiblical" and not reading the Bible "plainly" while also...
The Kissing Series: Sometimes Kissing Needs to Just Be Kissing
Sometimes a kiss needs to just be a kiss. Mondays in February are all about kissing, and last week we started our series looking at why kissing...
A News Story about John MacArthur Shows Why We Need Fixing
John MacArthur has sent abused women back to their husbands. It is horrific. Julie Roys broke a story last year about Eileen Gray. Twenty years ago...
PODCAST: Fixing It with Philip Payne
Let's keep fixing things--with Part 2 with Philip Payne! This is an exciting week at Bare Marriage! First, our Fixed it for You book launches--30...
Just a Personal Christmas Check-In
My husband told me yesterday that I was in the middle of the "long dark night of the soul." We went down to a winery to celebrate our anniversary...
On My 30th Anniversary: My Husband Is a Good Man
Thirty years ago I made the best decision of my life--but I really didn't understand that at the time. I don't know how a 21-year-old can truly...
Manger Theology: What Pregnancy and Birth Can Tell Us about Jesus
Hi, everybody! This month we've been talking about embodiment and mindfulness--how to understand the mind/body connection. I thought that theme fit...
On Bloopers, New Books, and Standing up to Creepy Guys at Church
I've had a very strange week of defending myself from attacks I didn't know were coming. I shared a little bit about this in yesterday's podcast at...
3 Stories Podcast: A Vaginismus Story; A Christmas Story; and My Story
It's the last Bare Marriage podcast of 2021! And thank you for joining us this year! Today on the podcast we hear Rachel Perry's story of...
The Emotional Journey with Vaginismus
Vaginismus was a big part of the early story of my marriage. We were greeted on our wedding night by an inability to have intercourse because it...
Poll: Women More Likely to Be Sexually Harrassed at Church than at Work
Do women feel safer at church or at work? Over the last few weeks the "lust" debate, for lack of a better word, has been heating up on Facebook and...
Why Is Most Marriage Advice Given to Women? Our Podcast!
Ever noticed that most marriage books center the majority of their advice on women? And most instructions for how to get marriages to change focus...
My Take on Josh Duggar’s Guilty Verdict: Amnon and Tamar Replayed
Josh Duggar has just been found guilty of possessing and receiving child sexual abuse materials. On a personal level, I am glad that the guilty...
Lust Revisited, Just Done with It, and More! Our Weekly Round Up
We had some WILD conversations about lust on Facebook this week!But first--the podcast is delayed by a day. I know today is podcast day, and it's...
Unique Period Care Products that Can Revolutionize Your Life
I know this is way too much TMI, but reusable menstrual products changed my life. Seriously. I'm three years past menopause now, but I've become a...
Merch is Here! It’s time to Be a Biblical Woman!
People have been asking me to get merch for the longest time, and I've just never had the bandwidth to sit down and figure it out. But inspired by...
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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!