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 Doors are Open and It’s Time for a Party!
I've been talking about this day for so long, and it's finally here! The Launch Team for She Deserves Better launches--for lack of a better...
Have Babies, Not Orgasms? Our Critics Say We’re Against Procreation
Last week, Denny Burk accused us of being for women's pleasure rather than procreation. Burk is the head of the Council for Biblical Manhood and...
PODCAST: Do Girls Really Talk Too Much? Another claim That Was Made Up!
Ever heard that stat that women speak 25,000 words a day and men only 10,000? Or maybe you heard 15,000 and 8,000. Or 50,000 and 25,000. There are...
Tracy Deserved Better: The Endorsers Who Ignored Teenage Rape
In his book Grace-Filled Marriage, Tim Kimmel blames a girl for her own rape.TRIGGER WARNING: Discussions of rape as a teen in the rest of this...
The Kissing Conundrum: What if Your Husband Has Terrible Hygiene?
Stinky and Kissing don't go together. A while ago I started a series on kissing, and got sidetracked by some huge news stories in evangelicalism...
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Our Friday Round-Up: On the Need for Sex, A New Baby, and a New Release!
Welcome to our first Friday Round-Up--where I highlight some of the things going on behind the scenes and the best of social media! The biggest,...
PODCAST: Do Authors Secretly Fear Women Just Don’t Like Sex?
What if the reason authors can't give up the obligation sex message is that they fear women won't have sex otherwise? It's time for another edition...
Can We Have a More Balanced Conversation about Oral Sex?
Have you ever noticed that when we talk about oral sex in the Christian community, we usually frame it as something he wants and she should give? In...
So Things Are A Changing! A Bit of a Pivot
Ever since 2008, I've been writing 5 posts a week, almost nonstop. I take breaks for Christmas and other holidays (sometimes), but on the whole I'm...
SEXUAL CONFIDENCE: 4 Tips for Building Sexual Confidence as the Higher Drive Wife
I've often said that the higher drive wife carries a lot of burdens that other permutations of libido do not. It can be very difficult to be a...
Are You Feeling too Schlubby to Want to Have Sex?
The way we feel about our bodies can cause our libido to crater. And when you feel schlubby (I love that word!), it's hard to want to get it on. I...
PODCAST: How to Be Sex Positive Without Being Creepy
There's a very line between way TMI and just sharing educational information. And in today's Start Your Engines Podcast (we like to take the last...
Does Your Vagina Need a Little TLC?
With thanks to Femallay for sponsoring this post. Your vagina was meant to be lubricated, supple, and elastic. It's supposed to be able to stretch...
PODCAST: Porn and Coronavirus–How Scared Should We Be?
What do porn and coronavirus have in common? We hate them both, and we want them to stop! My series on the blog in April will be on porn, and so to...
What Your Marriage Says to Those Around You
Hey, Connor here! One of my focuses for the last few months has been to modernize all 2800 of our blog posts, including reformatting, updating,...
The Terrible, Awful Downward Spiral of Libido Differences
Sometimes libido differences can send you on a negative spiral, where both of you are constantly feeling rejected. In about 7 weeks (yikes!) our...
A Honeymoon at Home: 15 Things to Do When COVID-19 Has You in Isolation
What do you do for a honeymoon at home when coronavirus has left you stranded? We were talking last Friday about the people whose lives have been...
So….Can I Write a “COVID-19 Sucks” Post?
I really have nothing nice or uplifting to say about COVID and what we're going through right now. I posted this on Facebook yesterday, and it got...
PODCAST: Do All Guys Lust? Let’s Rethink Every Man’s Battle
I'd really like to change the conversation in the Christian church about lust. We've been talking about it as "every man's battle", and this week on...
Is “Bouncing Your Eyes” So You Don’t Lust Respectful to Women?
Is the antidote to lust that men learn the "bouncing your eyes" technique, as advocated in Every Man's Battle? We've been talking about new ways to...
Can We Respect Women, Please? A New Look at the Church’s View on Lust
What if the real reason that lust is bad really isn't about sex? i've talked about lust before on the blog--with the question "is lust really every...
How Are You All Doing?
We are living in weird times. I can't say unprecedented; plagues were relatively common throughout history. A...
All the Ways Anxiety Has (Nearly) Ruined My Marriage
Anxiety plagues many of us, stealing our peace of mind, but also inserting itself into our marriages. And that can cause some real problems. I...
PODCAST: Should We Re-Think the Way We Do Church?
Should we rethink the way that we do church? We've been talking this month about what healthy community is--why we need healthy community; 10 ways...
Real Community Lets You Be Real: A Look at the Duggar Family Rules
This month on the blog we're talking about real community--how to be in a healthy place with people who love you and challenge you, and whom you can...
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!