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It looks like you’re trying to find some content that isn’t available anymore. I (Sheila) have been blogging at To Love, Honor and Vacuum since 2008–that’s a lot of blog posts over the years! 

As we moved to Bare Marriage, we were picky about what content we brought over. The post you are looking for didn’t make the cut. However, there are still over 900 posts on this website so I am sure you can find something for your situation here!

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Recent Posts

Why My Heart Breaks for TradWife Influencers

Why My Heart Breaks for TradWife Influencers

I’m finding the new trend of tradwife influencers rather distressing. You know those accounts--that hearken back the 1950s housewife, and espouse a life where the husband brings home the paycheque, makes the decisions, and is in authority of the wife, while she does...

Why I Need to Listen More to Rebecca–Thoughts for Her Birthday

Why I Need to Listen More to Rebecca–Thoughts for Her Birthday

Today is my daughter Rebecca’s 29th birthday. And I want to take an opportunity to do something I don’t do nearly enough: tell you all how instrumental she is in everything that we do. But first, a story. She was around nine years old, and we were away on holiday at a...

PODCAST: Why Is Emerson Eggerichs Scared of Women Talking?

PODCAST: Why Is Emerson Eggerichs Scared of Women Talking?

You're not going to believe what Emerson Eggerichs' idea of friendship is. We're in podcast 2 of a 3 podcast series, Let Men Be Men! Our thesis is a simple one: we believe that men can be emotionally healthy, competent, responsible people. We believe that men can, and...

Virginity Is Not a Synonym for Sexual integrity

Virginity Is Not a Synonym for Sexual integrity

Have we missed the boat on sexual integrity? I was hoping to do a series on honoring God with a new sexual ethic, but I overpromised. Keith and I have our marriage book due in March, and I’m frantically trying to write it, and I spent so much of Monday and Tuesday of...

Should You Get Married Because You Really Want to Have Sex?

Should You Get Married Because You Really Want to Have Sex?

Getting married to have sex is a really, really bad idea. Unfortunately, though, there are many hard-line patriarchal teachers, as well as many young people, who are adamantly saying that this is God’s design. When your sexual desires are too strong, you should just...

Purity Culture Is No Laughing Matter

Purity Culture Is No Laughing Matter

So the Babylon Bee thinks purity culture backlash is worth mocking. For those who don’t know, the Babylon Bee is supposed to be a Christian satire site, like the Onion, where they have satire news stories. I must admit I used to think they were quite funny. As one of...

The “Let Men Be Men in 2024” Podcast

The “Let Men Be Men in 2024” Podcast

We often get accused of hating men. When we say that men weren't created to lust; that men can be emotionally healthy and can actually handle strong women, we're told that we don't like men. We don't think that's actually right. We believe that men can be emotionally...