by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 22, 2022 | Life, Marriage, Resolving Conflict
So the wet towels anecdote from Love & Respect has gone big on social media this week. And I wanted to share it with you! As some of you may remember, I’ve been appalled at what Emerson Eggerichs said in his book Love & Respect (again, the most used...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 8, 2022 | Abuse, Preparing for Marriage, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Can we talk about how our messages about a woman’s role can actually undermine her safety? Just a quick catch-up for today’s post! I want to share a few things I’ve seen on social media and then throw this open for discussion. I’m taking a bit...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2022 | Faith, Parenting Young Kids, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Yesterday on the podcast we looked at the metaanalysis about spanking, and talked about gentle parenting. That metaanalysis of 160,000 children found that spanking was either neutral or negative, but not positive. Like if you parent well in other areas, you can blunt...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 29, 2022 | Bare Marriage, Preparing for Marriage, Research, Theology of Marriage and Sex
On Fridays I like to take a look at what’s been happening on social media this week, because often most of the writing/thoughts end up on Facebook or Instagram, and if you mostly read the blog you may miss them. So let’s go: Let’s talk Kissing Before...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 1, 2022 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Jesus did not come to redeem men, so that men could then in turn redeem women. Jesus is not more relatable to men than to women, and men are not more in the image of God than women. And yet this week there were all too many examples that tried to make Christianity...
