by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 29, 2019 | Abuse
Today I want to tackle a difficult subject: how can you enjoy sex after sexual abuse in your past? Your whole outlook on sex has often been poisoned, so that it’s something icky, destructive, manipulative, and even evil. And now you’re married to a man...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 28, 2019 | Faith
Do we understand what a safe counselling situation looks like? Last week I wrote a post on 10 questions you should ask your biblical counsellor before counselling. It was a controversial one to write, and I said pretty much all I wanted to say. But this week two...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 25, 2019 | Abuse
On Friday I was talking about how churches should handle sexual abuse allegations. But what if you have to report sexual abuse yourself? A number of issues came out in the comments on that post that I thought really should be highlighted. So instead of answering a...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 26, 2018 | Abuse, Uncategorized
I don’t believe that survivors of sexual abuse need to be scarred forever sexually. I do believe that you can still have a great sex life. At least, I truly want to believe that. And this week I’ve cried a lot of tears over it. Like many of you, I started...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 25, 2015 | Abuse
On Friday my daughter wrote a blog post about the Duggar sexual abuse scandal. I posted it on Facebook. And both of us had a whole pile of criticism thrown at us. So today I’d like to explain, in my own words, why I think the Duggar abuse scandal matters and...