On almost every measure, church attendance is good for you. Researchers have consistently found that religiosity is positively correlated with better mental health, better health overall, better relationships, and even longevity. BUT--and there's a very big but...
Let's talk about the echoes of menstruation. Yesterday on the podcast, we were discussing how Focus on the Family's PluggedIn movie review of Turning Red put references to preteen girls' periods under "sexual content", and warned that the title of the movie had an...
This has been a week of great thrills and great disappointments. Thankfully, the thrills were REALLY GOOD. Our new books The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex and The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex launched, and they're doing really well! Thank you for your support. Let's...
If we had had these Great Sex Guides before we got married, there would be no Great Sex Rescue. No To Love, Honor and Vacuum blog. No Bare Marriage podcast. Why? Because we wouldn't have had years of pain that we had to untangle from, so I wouldn't have started...
Dads shouldn't need their adult daughters to give them adulation and affection. That's called emotional enmeshment and triangulation, and yet that's what Voddie Baucham, who has been nominated for President of the Southern Baptist Convention (he may not actually run)...
Growing up, we hear, over and over again: "Just wait for the wedding night! The wedding night will the most magical night of your life!" We get that message from our youth groups; from movies; from bridal magazines. The honeymoon is the pinnacle of your sexual life...
So many women--and many men as well--honestly feel like the church is hurting them. I do not believe that it is Jesus that is hurting them, but the things that the church teaches, especially around sex and marriage, do cause harm. Our surveys have shown that...
Can sex be hot and holy at the same time? One of my big picture passions that I want people to understand is that sex is more than just physical--it's supposed to be deeply intimate too. And maybe to understand that, we need to take a step back to see what God thinks...
This week, as we've celebrated one year of The Great Sex Rescue, I've received some amazing messages! The first one in my inbox this morning was this one:I shared your book with the marriage ministry leaders in our church. They read it, met with their volunteer team,...
I truly believe that most guys are good guys. I often get accused of hating men, but that's actually not the case. What I hate are the common teachings in the evangelical church that hurt sex and marriage for women. Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of when The...
Do you ever feel like God loves you--with an asterisk? On Fridays I often do round-ups of what's happened on social media this week, and there is so much to share I don't know where to begin. So I've decided to start with something that isn't even my own, but...
Have people ever tried to silence you simply because you're a woman? The summer when I was 16 years old, I went on a Teen Missions International team to the Philippines. It was not a good experience. While I know that some enjoyed their time with Teen Missions, I...
Okay, everybody: raise your hand if you're pro-abuse! Of course no one is pro-abuse. So what does it mean to be anti-abuse? Just a few quick thoughts on a Tuesday (I try not to write long posts on Tuesdays to give myself a day to get a lot of work done), but I had...
In this case, 2/3 may be bad! I've got that song by Meatloaf (Whoops! I originally wrote Meatball) going through my head--"I want you, I need you"--because I want to tell you about our Launch Team for The Good Guy's Guide to Great Sex and the totally revamped Good...
On my Friday Round-Ups I like to focus on things that have happened around the web on social media, because that's where so much conversation takes place. And you can miss it if you only watch the blog! There are two big things from my own social media I want to share...