Surviving an Affair: Staying Whole When You are Broken
marriage, restoration, gender, gospel, integrity Ruth Erickson marriage, restoration, gender, gospel, integrity Ruth Erickson

Surviving an Affair: Staying Whole When You are Broken

As I’ve walked with other women through healing from affairs, I’ve been able to identify several lies that the enemy uses to try to take us down. These are common to anyone who has been sexually violated, but they cannot compete with God’s truth. If you have been wounded by someone else’s sexual sin, let me encourage you that you can trust God’s word over your feelings, fears, or what anyone else has told you. If you recognize any of these lies, know that you are not alone!

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3 Reasons Why You Keep Doing What You Do (and the keys to stop those sabotaging habits)
gospel, integrity, freedom, restoration, church Bryan Pue gospel, integrity, freedom, restoration, church Bryan Pue

3 Reasons Why You Keep Doing What You Do (and the keys to stop those sabotaging habits)

There are some habits in our lives that carry some major, long-lasting consequences. You likely know what they are in your life. These habits could ruin your relationships, destroy your marriage and sabotage your destiny.

So how do we identify the sabotaging habits and also step out of them to a new habit of freedom in Christ? Here are 3 key things you need to understand in order to get free from those sabotaging habits.

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Someone's Daughter - why it matters who she is related to a world of sexual objectification and rape culture
marriage, gend, freedom, integrity Bonnie Pue marriage, gend, freedom, integrity Bonnie Pue

Someone's Daughter - why it matters who she is related to a world of sexual objectification and rape culture

In articles, blogs, and social media posts, sexual-assaulting behaviour is exposed and condemned with real life examples. More likely than not someone will comment something along the lines of, “I can’t believe someone who do that to her! Don’t they realize that she is someone’s daughter?! That she is someone’s sister!” But, there is often opposition to that comment.

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Being a Mother. Being A Lover.
marriage, gender, integrity Bonnie Pue marriage, gender, integrity Bonnie Pue

Being a Mother. Being A Lover.

The question is, how can a woman navigate the significantly different roles of mother and lover?

How can she recognize BOTH as good and healthy, but not let those roles interchange? Because our husbands certainly do not need us to mother them, and our children desperately need to grow up seeing the personhood of woman, distinct from her sexuality.

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When Sex Doesn't Feel Sexy
marriage, integrity Bonnie Pue marriage, integrity Bonnie Pue

When Sex Doesn't Feel Sexy

When we were newlyweds, I often used to wonder, “How much sex should a married couple be having?”

“What is average? What is normal?” The answer I’ve come to recognize is simply, “More.”

But in saying that, if you are like many others, you may feel like sex just doesn’t feel sexy anymore. Here are a 5 common misconceptions and struggles that may be interfering with your SEX LIFE.

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Dude, You're Not Going To Die
relationships, marriage, integrity, gender Bryan Pue relationships, marriage, integrity, gender Bryan Pue

Dude, You're Not Going To Die

There is often an expectation that all sexual needs and desires will be completely met once you are married to “the one”. Sorry to break it to you, bro, but, it’s just not true.

We, as husbands, will have to deny ourselves in order to serve our wives. This will apply to many aspects of the relationship. Guaranteed, it will affect the sexual dimension.

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