by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 29, 2026 | Abuse, Faith
Yesterday I had a message from a woman being summoned in to defend herself to a toxic elders’ board. She had been going to a very hierarchical, controlling church and had realized it wasn’t healthy and had decided to take her family and go elsewhere. The...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 9, 2025 | Abuse, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Does the Bible say divorce for abuse is okay? Lots of churches, and denominations, say no. You can only divorce for adultery, they say. But is that true? I’ve been wanting to do this podcast for a long time, and was prompted again when Naghmeh Panahi (who has...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 21, 2024 | Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Forgiveness is a concept that has often been weaponized against victims. Whether it’s people married to abusers, or people married to someone who has cheated on them or hurt them in some other way, often in the church as long as that person apologizes, the onus...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 14, 2023 | Faith, Podcasts
Can we really make a change towards a healthy church? For the last few weeks we’ve been looking at church trauma and how the church has gone off track. I wanted to end 2023 with the lats podcast of the year looking at how we can actually be a force for good, and...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 7, 2023 | Podcasts
Can church actually cause religious trauma? Today on the podcast I’m talking with Dr. Laura Anderson, an expert in the complex trauma that we often find in religious circles. You can’t necessarily point to one particularly bad thing; but it’s all of...
