Does Pretty=Holy? And Is Having a Bad Hair Day a Spiritual Failing?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 12, 2023 | Faith

Sheila here!  Did you know that every Friday we have an email that goes out to 47,000 subscribers? Rebecca tends to write it, and when she took over, she doubled my open rate, because she writes seriously thoughtful and insightful things that you won’t see anywhere...

PODCAST: Echoes of Menstruation? Really, Focus on the Family?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 24, 2022 | Podcasts

So apparently preteen girls’ cramps and pads are sexual, according to Focus on the Family. We have a little bit of a detour today because something blew up last week that I just had to address! Rebecca noticed that in Focus on the Family’s PluggedIn movie...

How to Throw Your Child a Blessing Party

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2019 | Parenting Young Kids

Do you know what it really means to bless your child? When my daughters turned 13, each of them got a special party for their birthday dedicated to having key people in their lives share messages of encouragement and call out the ways God was moving and working in...

How Do I Protect Our Kids from Our Marriage Problems?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2019 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids

How do you give your kids a healthy view of marriage…if your marriage isn’t healthy? Every Monday I like to post a reader question and take a stab at answering it, and today I’ve got a similar question from two hurting wives who are worried about the...

What’s the Key to Raising Teens Who Won’t Rebel?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 9, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teens

Have you ever wondered how to raise teens who won’t rebel? Is it even possible? Rebecca here. That’s the question I asked in a blog post three years ago. That blog post, Why I Didn’t Rebel, went viral. And it changed my life. Now, three years later,...