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On Alpha Males and Beta Males and Getting a Mate
Do alpha males always get the girl? The comic book character Archie was always your typical beta. So was Richie Cunningham from Happy Days, while Fonzie played more the alpha. And girls prefer bad boys! Don't they? Well, maybe the whole alpha and beta thing isn't that...
The Church’s #MeToo Reckoning
What happens when the church, which is supposed to be your safe haven, becomes the place where you are abused? Publisher's Weekly named Ruth Everhart's The #MeToo Reckoning one of their books of the year for 2020 in the religion category, and for good reason. The...
The World’s a Mess. God Still Sees You.
This week the world watched as America went crazy. It actually broke my heart to see the nation that has been the shining light of democracy the world around have insurrectionists attempt a coup. I have had the privilege of visiting so many moving American monuments...
We’re Changing the Name of our Podcast! Welcome to Bare Marriage
We're in a new season of our podcast--and we've decided to change the name! Well, really we're going through a rebranding process that I've been wanting to do for a long time, but couldn't because I relied on Google so much for my income (that's changed in the last...
What Attributes Make the Sexually Healthy Man?
How can we define a sexually healthy man? I've just spent a year thinking about what it takes to be a sexually healthy woman--after doing our survey of over 20,000 women last winter! You'll see all about it in our upcoming book The Great Sex Rescue. But while I talk a...
How Do I Reconnect with My Husband? Finding the Spark Again
"How do I reconnect with my husband?" That's a question I get in various forms from so many of you who email. Life has gotten too busy, you feel like you pass like ships in the night, and you just want to feel like you know each other again. As we're launching a new...
A Letter That Made My Year to Begin a New Year
Happy 2021, everyone! Well, we made it through 2020, and 2021 stretches ahead. And it's going to be awesome. (It has to be!). Our book The Great Sex Rescue releases March 2 (you can pre-order it now!). Keith and I are writing The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex--which...
The Best Bare Marriage Podcasts of 2020
Probably the most fun I've had at Bare Marriage this year is doing the podcasts! This week I've been looking back over the blog for the year, with the biggest traffic posts of the year, and the most debated posts of the year. I talked about my philosophy of blogging...
The Most Debated Posts on Bare Marriage in 2020!
So--which posts of the year resonated the most? Which ones made people the angriest? Which ones resonated the most? Which ones just plain had a lot of opinions flying back and forth? On Monday I ran a post with the posts that I wrote in 2020 that got the most traffic....
We Can’t Rebuild Without Knocking Down First
My big prayer, the thing that motivates everything I do online, is "how do I help people grow emotionally healthy marriages that reflect God's kingdom?" That's been my aim for years, actually. But one thing that I've realized in the last two years is that you can't...