Today, I’m talking with Rev. Dr. Erin Moniz about her new book, Knowing and Being Known: Hope For All Our Intimate Relationships. We discuss the relational problems she was seeing in her work with emerging adults, the better questions those problems led her to, a rich theology of intimacy, and its implications for our marriages, families, and faith communities. The book releases May 6, 2025 and is available for pre-order now!
The Marriage You Want w/ Dr. Keith & Sheila Wray Gregoire - Ep. 143
Hello and happy spring, Brave Marriage Podcast listeners! I hope you all are doing well, wherever you find yourself today. I am personally thankful for brighter days, warmer weather, and the chance to share this interview with Dr. Keith and Sheila Wray Gregoire on their latest book, called The Marriage You Want. You all know I appreciate their evidence-based data and the work they do to help couples shift from unhealthy religious teachings and ways of relating, to healthier ones.
If you’re unfamiliar with their work, Sheila is the face behind BareMarriage.com and the author of nine books. Her husband, Keith, is a physician in Ontario, Canada, and coauthor with Sheila on two books. Together, they are passionate about changing the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage to make it healthy, evidence-based, and biblical. And if you’ve enjoyed their books before, I think you’ll enjoy this one, too, which releases tomorrow.
Because of my desire to support the good and faithful work of others as their resources come available, I’ll be dropping just a few episodes this spring and summer, here and there, to continue to point you toward resources written from an egalitarian perspective—one that supports men and women, husbands and wives, and ultimately points Christian couples, navigating life in the 21st century, toward spiritual freedom, developmental maturity, and mutuality in marriage, through Christ.
First up this spring, a conversation with Keith and Sheila Wray Gregoire.
She Deserves Better - Ep. 142
Hello, Brave Marriage Podcast listeners! It’s been quite a long time. Over the past year, I have been seeing clients, doing a lot of writing over on Substack under the publication title, Self of the Therapist, where I’m publishing a memoir in real time about some of the very things I’m talking about today with Sheila Wray Gregoire.
To listen to our previous conversation, listen here.
Sheila and her team at Bare Marriage have written and published a book called She Deserves Better, a book written for mothers and daughters. I wanted to have Sheila on the show to share her new book with us, co-authored by Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, her daughter, and their statistician, Joanna Swawatsky because it builds upon a lot of the research outcomes they published in The Great Sex Rescue, and answers the question that many millennial Christians and parents are asking the church which is: “Where do we go from here?”
If you’re not familiar with her work, Sheila Wray Gregoire is the face behind the largest single-blogger marriage blog, which was rebranded a few years ago to Bare Marriage. With her witty, no-nonsense approach, Sheila and her team are passionate about changing the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage to line up with kingdom principles. Sheila is based in Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and has two adult daughters and two grandchildren.
Resource Links:
Self of the Therapist (Kensi’s Substack)
Ep. 142 - A Couple’s Guide to Great Sex w/ Dr. Keith and Sheila Wray Gregoire
She Deserves Better - available for preorder now!
Podcast Editing by: Kensi & Evan Duszynski
Music by: John Tibbs
A Couple’s Guide to Great Sex w/ Dr. Keith & Sheila Wray Gregoire - Ep. 141
SHOW NOTES:
Dr. Keith and Sheila Wray Gregoire join us for a healthy conversation about married sex that combines Scripture AND research. If you want to resolve to have better sex this spring, go pre-order their new books (releasing March 15, 2022)!
RESOURCE LINKS:
The Good Guy’s Guide to Great Sex
The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex
Orgasm & Libido Online Courses
Sheila’s Sex and Marriage Blog
Podcast Editing by: Evan Duszynski
Music by: John Tibbs
The Blessed Alliance w/ Carolyn Custis James - Ep. 140
SHOW NOTES:
Carolyn Custis James talks to us about The Blessed Alliance; the real purpose of the marriage between men and women in light of the mission of God; and the Bible as a foreign text set in the context of patriarchy. It’s a conversation you don’t want to miss!
RESOURCE LINKS:
Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World
Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women
When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes a Difference
The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules
Podcast Editing by: Evan Duszynski
Music by: John Tibbs