Can Pastors Please Stop Objectifying Women in Sermons? A response to Jonathan Pokluda

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 24, 2023 | Men's Corner, Sexual Intimacy

Last week, there was a Twitter dust-up because megachurch pastor Jonathan Pokluda objectified women in a sermon. The clip went viral, and this tweet by @laurchastain22 (Lauren Chastain) made huge splashes among Christians: Them: you just need to try another church!...

The Podcast Where a Church Puts a Marital Rape Victim Under Church Discipline

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 16, 2023 | Abuse, Podcasts

Today I want to tell you the story of a woman who was the victim of marital rape–and what her church did to her. She’s an amazing woman. She reached out to me after our posts on marital rape back in November, in the middle of our series about getting out...

PODCAST: The Strike at Putney, and What Would Happen if Women Just Stopped?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 5, 2023 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

It’s a new year of podcasts–and Lucy Maud Montgomery joins us for the first one! In her book The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Beth Allison Barr makes the case that the idea that God created the genders with different roles, where men are to lead and women...

Practical Ways Christian Marriage Teachers Can “Do No Harm”

by Ngina Otiende | Oct 26, 2022 | Abuse

Sheila here! I’m so thrilled to have my kindred spirit marriage blogger Ngina Otiende from Intentional Today join us to talk about how those who talk and write about marriage can make sure they’re helping those in destructive marriages–rather than...

Is your Church or Denomination Safe for Abuse Victims? 20 Denominations That Aren’t

by Gretchen Baskerville | Oct 19, 2022 | Abuse

Sheila here! One of the things I love about being online is the friends that I meet who are passionate about similar things and doing work adjacent to me.  And one of my favourites is Gretchen Baskerville, author of The Life Saving Divorce. She’s done great work...