by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2026 | Sexual Intimacy
In Christian marriage advice, sex is supposed to be deeply intimate–until it’s not. Here’s what happens: Before marriage, Christians are told that sex is deeply intimate. That it bonds you together. That as you get closer and love each other more,...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 1, 2022 | Series, Sexual Intimacy
Sometimes our sex lives and marriages get so messy that we don’t even know where to begin with untangling it all. Sex has become so ugly. We feel distant from each other. We feel unwanted and unloved and used. How do you recover from that? And how do you...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 28, 2022 | Sexual Intimacy
Are we making sex more difficult than it needs to be? This is the last post in our research deep dive series that we’ve been doing this month, as we’ve looked at what some new peer reviewed studies say about libido, how we see lust, and more. I want to end...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 7, 2022 | Sex
Can sex be hot and holy at the same time? One of my big picture passions that I want people to understand is that sex is more than just physical–it’s supposed to be deeply intimate too. And maybe to understand that, we need to take a step back to see what...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 21, 2018 | Sexual Intimacy
Making love and having sex are not the same thing. One is far more profound. One is a deep love, a deep knowing. The other is simply about the physical act. This month on Wednesdays we’re talking about different aspects of intimacy. I started by talking about...
