by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 31, 2026 | Sexual Intimacy, Theology of Marriage and Sex
The strangest thing about watching Netflix’s Death of a Pastor’s Wife is how familiar it all feels. Our family has been attending an Anglican Church since COVID ended. We haven’t been in a typical evangelical church for over 7 years. We left because of trauma and...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 26, 2026 | Sexual Intimacy
Evangelicalism has huge double standards of sexual expectations in marriage. One of the things we tried to drive home in The Marriage You Want is that the biggest killer of marriage is entitlement. When you think you’re owed something from your spouse without...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 24, 2026 | Parenting Young Kids, Theology of Marriage and Sex
One of the most common pieces of marriage advice you’ll hear in evangelical circles is “your husband comes before the kids.” It’s constant, and we’re always reminded that one day the kids will leave home, but your husband will still be there. He needs to be the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 4, 2026 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Let’s react to pastors, influencers, and more! One of the things that we like to do periodically is play some of the horrid reels that get sent to us and react to them. Yes, the reels are interesting and there’s lots of commentary to be made. But one of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 11, 2026 | Libido, Resolving Conflict
Recovery from obligation sex begins with understanding autonomy and consent. It begins with understanding it was never God’s will for one person to use someone else’s body for their own pleasure/emotional coping mechanism, without consideration of what...
