by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Did purity culture make you sexualize all relationships with the opposite sex? We’ve been talking a lot about youth group lately–what youth group was like before purity culture infiltrated it; how porn may be the new purity culture. We talked last week...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 15, 2021 | Podcasts
Can we have a church with a goodness culture? This week on the podcast Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer, father-daughter duo co-authors of A Church Called Tov, joined Rebecca and me to talk about what it means to create a healthy church rather than a toxic church....
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 2, 2021 | For Women
I opened up a huge can of worms when I posted recently about breastfeeding in church. Originally on Facebook, we were just talking about weird atmospheres in some evangelical churches where some guys refuse to even look at women because they may be dangerous and the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 11, 2021 | Abuse
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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 19, 2020 | Podcasts
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 to make friends in a new church; our responsibilities when we’re part of a community; and more. This is...