by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 4, 2022 | Abuse, Faith
Sometimes church is a toxic place. Not always. Not even usually! Study after study has found that religiosity actually helps people, and people who go to church tend to have better mental health, better relationships, and better lives overall. HOWEVER–and...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2022 | Parenting Teens
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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 28, 2022 | Faith
Sheila here! My husband Keith’s manifesto on Wednesday about how the evangelical church has treated women went quite big, and he has one more thing he’d like to say. This all fits well in what we’re talking about this month about putting the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 14, 2021 | Research
Do women feel safer at church or at work? Over the last few weeks the “lust” debate, for lack of a better word, has been heating up on Facebook and Instagram. I’ve been sharing that presenting the idea that lust is every man’s battle is...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 16, 2021 | Faith
Deconstruction, as a term, has become really complicated to understand. Rebecca and I talked about it in a recent podcast, and it’s one of those terms that is used differently by different people. But it boils down to this: You recognize that some...