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!
When Male Hierarchy Teaching Turns Good Men Bad
Not everyone who ends up dominating their wife is actually an abuser at heart. What they are doing may be abusive; the same dynamics may be at...
Are Women Actually More Emotionally Intelligent than Men?
God Didn’t Make Women To Be Better at Relationships than Men. We talked in our first podcast of the month about four new studies on marriage &...
A Fun Conversation Starter with Your spouse: A Short Version of Our Survey
Want something to help you have some deep conversations with your spouse? Keith and I are in the throes of finishing up the first big draft of our...
PODCAST: Lies Women Believe Part 2–Is God a Monster?
We're back with Lies Women Believe, Part 2! Last week Natalie Hoffman and Gretchen Baskerville joined us to look at the problems in Nancy DeMoss...
Valentine’s Day: What If Marriage Isn’t Supposed To Be That Hard?
What if marriage isn't supposed to be that hard? This is one of those weird years where Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday land on the same day. For...
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Get Ready for Fixing! The “Fixed It for You” Workbook Is Here!
Are you ready to do some fixing? I'm so excited to announce that today my Fixed It for You workbook launches! When The Great Sex Rescue was...
The KISSING Series: 7 Reasons Kissing in Marriage Can Stop!
Do you remember your pre-teen years when you used to dream of kissing your crush? In those days you likely couldn't imagine much beyond kissing, but...
Can We Stop Seeing Single Women as Threats to Men in Church?
If single women feel excluded in church, then there is something really wrong with church. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means...
PODCAST: The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood with Philip Payne
Is God's Design for Biblical Womanhood Female Subordination? Does the Bible paint a picture of women as servants, and men as the main characters who...
I Am Not Just a Christian Wife. I Am a Christian.
A large part of the Christian church's teaching on women is seriously slanted. I see it all the time: I'll write a thoughtful, long post on how a...
5 Strategies If You’re Married to an Entitled Spouse
What do you practically do about entitlement in marriage? We’re at the end of our entitlement series, and all month we’ve been looking at how...
Have We Created a “Yes Space” for Men in the Church?
When my eldest was thirteen months old, my parenting research brought me across the concept of a “yes space.” A “yes space” is an area of the house...
PODCAST: Bring Back Vanilla Sex
What's Wrong with Vanilla Sex? Valentine's Day is coming up just around the corner, and that means that we're going to start to see lots and lots of...
6 Reasons Your Mind and Body May Not Connect During Sex
Sex would be so much easier if our bodies would just do what we want them to do, wouldn't it? Or if our minds would just get "in the game" when it...
Postpartum Hand Jobs, Webinars, and a Pornified View of Women
This was a week where postpartum hand jobs were debated on Facebook a TON--and it was super interesting. On Friday I'm starting to do a round-up of...
PODCAST: Can My Vagina Have a Brain? Let’s Talk Mind-Body Connection!
Let's jump in with our embodiment series on the blog--and the podcast! This month we're going to be talking about embodiment, leading up to...
Arousal Non-Concordance: You Really Need to Know What it Is
I'd like to begin a longer, ongoing conversation today about arousal non-concordance. To begin, a quick story. As a teen I always won the game...
Who Believed the Obligation Sex Message More in Your Marriage?
The "Obligation Sex Message" is toxic. The idea that a woman is obligated to have sex with her husband when he wants it was the most toxic belief...
You Matter: Is the Pendulum Swinging Too Hard Towards Women?
As we're wrapping up the sexual confidence series today, I've been thinking about what the main message is that I want people to take away. For the...
The “Sexual Favors” Postpartum Podcast: Can We Please Stop Being Selfish?
Rebecca's postpartum! So we thought it was the perfect time to look at the postpartum advice given in evangelical circles to women. We found in our...
The Seats for Tea and Tent Pegs Are Going Fast!
The webinar with Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Beth Allison Barr and me is going to be awesome! We have 3000 seats available, but 2000 are already gone. So...
Do Women Consider Giving Sexual Favors Postpartum Arousing?
How do you feel about advice that tells postpartum women to care for their husbands' sexual needs? I don't write big posts on Tuesdays anymore, but...
What We Don’t Know about the Clitoris (And Other Parts of Women’s Sexuality)
Did you know that it's only recently that medical textbooks have started getting the clitoris right? For years, the clitoris was shown as smaller...
Tea and Tent Pegs, “All Men Struggle with Lust”, and More!
This week has been taken up by two things: talking about the problems with the "all men struggle with lust" message, and telling you all about our...
The Podcast on The Making of Biblical Womanhood
The amazing Beth Allison Barr is joining me today to talk about women and the history of the church. One of the funniest things I often see when I...
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!