by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 4, 2025 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex
We need to listen to the stories of missionary kids. Holly Berkley Fletcher released an amazing book called Missionary Kids that I read all in one sitting. I was riveted. Holly grew up as a missionary kid. And she interviewed a whole bunch of missionary kids, some...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 29, 2025 | Podcasts
The iea of soul ties was commonly taught in purity culture. Basically, it boils down to the thought that when you have sex with someone, your souls are joined in the spiritual realm. If you have sex with someone that’s not your spouse, then, part of you will...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 6, 2024 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Let’s celebrate being a woman who loves God! I’ve been following the Her Cherch account on Instagram for a while, and she has awesome cartoons that cut to the heart of so much of what we talk about here on Bare Marriage! The artist is Marcia Takasaki, and...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 16, 2024 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Recently in our Patreon group, a member posted a letter that she’s sending out to the girls (now young women) in a youth group she used to lead, apologizing for teaching toxic things. I thought it was so wonderful I asked if I could run it here. I just want to say:...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 14, 2024 | Parenting Teens
Are women responsible for keeping men from lusting? There’s a chilling and glaring error in complementarian theology; men are supposed to lead women and children – both at home and in the church (with many teachers going so far as to say that women cannot even...
