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...
Has modern Christianity become an echo chamber? And is that leading us to have super bad takes on many issues that are really important? Today we're taking a look at a theme that we've noticed in evangelicalism: anti-intellectualism, and a denial of science and...
Every Friday, 46,000 people receive our weekly email, linking to all of this week’s posts and podcasts, with a summary, so people can make sure they don’t miss anything they’re interested in. But the email also has a big thought authored by Rebecca–not me. And these...
So many women whose marriages have fallen apart end up on this blog, wondering if there is any hope for finding the kind of love that God designed for marriage. And today I have a lovely story I want to share with you from Manndi deBoef, one of my readers. As may of...
Can you "get over" grief? Can you recover from the loss of a child, the loss of a spouse, or the loss of a parent so that life can become normal again? A few years ago I wrote an important post on what grief looks like, and that post has been shared a bunch of times...
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...
Last week Instagram went crazy because model Chrissy Teigen posted a heartbreaking picture after her miscarriage. While there was an outpouring of support, there was also a ton of criticism. She has no right to be sad because of her political views. She shouldn't be...
When someone you love is grieving, how can you reach out and do something tangible to help? Today is the 24th anniversary of my son Christopher's death (you can read more about that here). I know many of you have walked through grief, too: miscarriages, stillbirths....
Some women carry a gene that makes it very likely they will develop breast cancer or ovarian cancer. What do you do when you get that diagnosis? Evelyn and I attended Queen's University in Kingston together. We met in September of first year at the IVCF (Christian...
I get so many questions from women who are fighting breast cancer, or who have come through the other side, wondering what happens now? Have we lost intimacy? Will our marriage survive? I've watched many friends, my sister-in-law, and even my mother walk through...
What is happening in the United States right now, and around the world, is a wake up call and a time to lament. Yesterday I was on FaceTime with my oldest daughter Rebecca as she got her baby Alex out of his crib from a nap. He snuggled into her, and she was laughing...
The Bible tells us to rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Well, I'm doing both, so I guess you all better get busy! 🙂 This isn't going to be a long post today, but instead more of an update. It's Victoria Day here in Canada, where we get a...
Today is the holiest day of the year, when we remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. He left heaven to enter into our pain and suffering, and show us how to live with love, passion, and abandon. And then He showed us that the triumph of life is not achieving...
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 such a big reaction that I thought it may be worth saying here, too!...
Sometimes life is just hard. And it's often birthdays and holidays that mark the passage of time, and remind us when life isn't going as planned. I write most of the posts on this blog, but I have a small team behind me. Rebecca (my daughter) writes a ton, moderates...