by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 26, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Podcasts
What if purity culture taught you to shrink? And you did–literally? I read Anna Rollins’ book Famished lately, and I was so enthralled by her story (and her writing). She was describing what it was like growing up in purity culture, and how all the stress...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 25, 2026 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
So much Christian teaching is dedicated to keeping men in power over women. I don’t think that’s of Christ. I know it bears bad fruit (we’ve measured it!). And I believe that it is pushing women out of the church and making marriages worse. And so...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 12, 2026 | Podcasts
What if Love & Respect is Based on a Faulty Foundation? Love & Respect is based on shoddy data; misrepresented research; edited Bible verses–and it’s copied from a 1970s bestseller to boot! Yep. This whole concept which was supposedly Emerson...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 9, 2026 | Books, Resolving Conflict, Theology of Marriage and Sex
How did people fall for Love & Respect? Emerson Eggerichs’ 2004 best-selling marriage book is honestly one of the worst books I’ve ever read. It’s badly researched. It messed up stats. It states bizarre opinions as if they are common sense. It...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 5, 2026 | Podcasts
If Love & Respect is a Multiverse, Then This is Our Endgame Excuse the Marvel reference. I know it has been years since those superhero movies were cool. We’ve been talking since before Avengers: Endgame released about the problems with the book Love and Respect....
