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!
You Don’t Have to Consent to One-Sided Sex
More sex does not fix a marriage. In our study of 20,000 women for The Great Sex Rescue, we found that more sex made good marriages great. Good sex,...
The Bizarre Pushback to My Anti-Obligation Sex Message
Should women get to have a say in when they have sex? I would think that the answer to this is pretty obvious. I don't have time for a long post...
The All About Obligation Sex Podcast
It's time to debunk obligation sex once and for all. The most common question I get on social media is how to respond to obligation sex...
Why Might a Woman Start to Find Sex in Marriage Disgusting?
Has sex ever become super disgusting to you? I sure hope not, but as we’ve been talking about obligation sex in our current series, I’ve had several...
A Way Forward to Recovery from Obligation Sex
Is there a way forward after obligation sex? If obligation sex has been the norm in your marriage, and if it's been affecting your libido and your...
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What if Your Husband’s a Missionary or Pastor and He’s Using Porn?
What do you do when your husband is in the ministry and you catch him using porn? I wrote about this years ago, and wasn't planning on writing about...
When Are Wet Towels on the Bed More than Just Wet Towels on the Bed?
Did you know that 45,000 receive an email from me every Friday with a round-up of things from the blog and social media that week? To make sure you...
Let’s Talk About Wet Towels on the Bed
So the wet towels anecdote from Love & Respect has gone big on social media this week. And I wanted to share it with you! As some of you may...
Duty Sex Isn’t Sexy: Our Podcast Take 2!
Let's talk obligation sex--and how it's a terrible libido and marriage killer! This July I'm rerunning some of my favourite podcast episodes from...
AGING PARENTS: Splitting Responsibilities with Siblings
What if aging parents need help, but only one child lives near them? This week I’ve been rerunning a series I did a few years ago about caring for...
AGING PARENTS SERIES: Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents
How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I'm re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We...
aging Parents series: You Owe Your Adult Children a Life
If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I've been thinking about something for a...
How Camping Made Me Realize My Bras Hurt
Keith and I have been in the RV for a week and I have made a significant discovery! First, though, I'm not going to have a normal post up today. I'm...
Our Healthy Sexuality Rubric and Scorecard of Evangelical Books is Live!
How can you tell if a book, website, or even a church is healthy when it comes to sex teaching, or harmful? My inbox fills up with people asking me...
PODCAST: What Teens Need to Hear to Keep a Healthy View of Sex
So if you've been loving what we've been sharing about The Great Sex Rescue--how do you make sure your kids grow up with healthy teachings? Today on...
3 Keys to Interpreting Paul’s Writings on Sex in Light of Roman Culture
How does understanding Rome's view of sex impact how we should interpret Paul's writings in 1 Corinthians? We're starting a series in the month of...
8 Weird Sex Facts about the Romans
How did different eras in time treat sex? I'd like to spend April doing some romps through history looking at how we've seen libido, the role of sex...
Honestly: We Need Your Help.
I can't tell you enough how your emails and comments of encouragement have kept us going this last year as we worked on The Great Sex Rescue! It was...
The POWER and STATISTICS Podcast! Science Shouldn’t Be That Hard
Let's talk power, science, and statistics! They say that 68% of statistics are made up on the spot--and unfortunately, when you look at the way many...
Top 10 Ways to Get Turned On By Your Husband Again
What do you do if you've lost that spark and you want to be turned on by your husband again? I thought we'd switch gears a bit today and focus on a...
It’s RELEVANT–but It Shouldn’t Be Rocket Science! A Spotlight on Two Reviews
The Great Sex Rescue has been featured in two amazing places lately--and I wanted to point you to both! First, Relevant Magazine ran an excerpt from...
How to Reclaim Sex and Not Make it Ugly
Sometimes, the way we talk about the purpose of sex makes it clear that we don't understand the beauty of sex at all. And that needs to stop! Just a...
An Open Letter to Evangelical Marriage Authors, Influencers and Speakers about Toxic Marriage Teaching
To my regular blog readers: This is something that I needed to say, and the place to publish it where it will get seen the most is right here on the...
Podcast: On Emerson Eggerichs Gaslighting Emotional Abuse Victims, and Stop Seeing Women as Dangerous
We simply MUST change the way we talk about women in the church, because what is happening is DANGEROUS. In today's podcast, we look at two examples...
Emerson Eggerichs and the Gaslighting of Emotional Abuse Victims in a Sermon Series
Last year, I looked at some rather alarming clips from some sermons Emerson Eggerichs--the author of Love & Respect--gave where he essentially...
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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!