Forgiveness is a concept that has often been weaponized against victims. Whether it's people married to abusers, or people married to someone who has cheated on them or hurt them in some other way, often in the church as long as that person apologizes, the onus is now...
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The Christmas Message when You Feel Small, and the Task Is Too Big
Are visions of sugarplums dancing in your head yet? We are in the midst of that season of imagination, of wonderment, and, of course, of desperately rushing around at the last minute hoping a good gift idea for your mother-in-law magically pops into your head. Besides...
How a Peer Reviewed Journal Gave Me an Unexpected Christmas Gift
Sheila here! Our team got some good news recently, and Joanna Sawatsky (one of the co-authors for The Great Sex Rescue and She Deserves Better, who leads up the research side of what we do) wanted to share it with you today!We at Bare Marriage have had a big year. We...
Dear Great Sex Rescue Critics: Here’s What We Actually Teach
Are we ignoring the Bible when it comes to sex? As Bare Marriage and our books are getting better known, it’s inevitable that pastors and authors who are wedded to the view of sex that centers on male entitlement and female objectification will start to push back....
PODCAST: Pivoting to a Healthy Church
Can we really make a change towards a healthy church? For the last few weeks we've been looking at church trauma and how the church has gone off track. I wanted to end 2023 with the lats podcast of the year looking at how we can actually be a force for good, and...
When the Church Ignores Women’s Expertise
One of the last places in Western society that is openly and proudly sexist is the conservative Christian church. I find this quite infuriating. Other places may end up acting in a sexist way, but when push comes to shove, they’d have to deny it or make it right, or...
Does John MacArthur Think Husbands are Their Wives’ Saviors?
John MacArthur thinks men save women from unfulfilled lives. I recently saw a meme on social media of a terrible take by John MacArthur who was insinuating that just as Christ is our savior, so the husband is the wife’s savior. And that is just a terribly blasphemous...
How do “bare marriage” and “non-profit” go together?
We are so thrilled to announce that we can now raise money for good fruit Faith in the usa with the bosko foundation At Bare Marriage, Rebecca, Keith, Joanna and I (plus everyone else behind the scenes) has one big goal: Change the evangelical conversation about sex...
5 Ways to Deal with Disagreement Without Getting REACTIVE.
Every Friday, I (Rebecca) write an exclusive post for our newsletter subscribers. I work pretty hard at these, and I'm actually quite proud of them! What's been so encouraging, though, is seeing how they resonate with so many of our subscribers. Since we started...
10 Ideas for Church Women’s Events that Women Will Actually Enjoy
Do you find that women's events are often boring--or irrelevant? Every now and then I write something on social media to just start a conversation and it blows up in ways I totally wasn't expecting. That happened last week, when I really hit a nerve, and hundreds of...
Our Marriage Survey is Ready!
Our new marriage survey is all ready to go, with ethics approval and everything! And here’s Joanna Sawatsky, our intrepid stats person and co-author of The Great Sex Rescue and She Deserves Better, to tell you all about it and invite you to take it!For years, Sheila...
Can We Make Room for Women in Church Who Don’t Fit the Stereotype?
What if you’re not a stay-at-home mom? I’m processing a lot about the book Stained Glass Ceilings by Lisa Swartz that we talked about yesterday on the podcast. In it, one of Lisa’s big questions was how different faith expressions handle gender, and she studied two...
PODCAST Stained Glass Ceilings: How the Church Does Gender feat. Lisa Swartz
How do egalitarian and complementarian seminaries differ in how they do gender? Stained Glass Ceilings by Lisa Weaver Swartz is a fascinating book. She interviewed people at two different seminaries--Asbury Seminary and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary--to see...