Editor’s Note: We have been blessed by amazing volunteers within our ministry. Below is a testimony from one of our volunteers who helped with the research for The Fantasy Fallacy. We’re very blessed to hear how this project impacted her! ** In the spring of 2012 Shannon Ethridge announced to her B.L.A.S.T. mentoring group, in which […]
My Take: Searching for God, Settling for Sex – A guest post on the CNN Belief Blog
My Take: Searching for God, Settling for Sex – A guest post on the CNN Belief Blog
I was thrilled to recently post an article on the CNN Belief Blog titled My Take: Searching for God, settling for Sex. I’m honored to share my message of healthy sexuality and spirituality on this platform. A brief excerpt is included below: When a friend alerted me to the “Fifty Shades” trilogy in April, none of […]
5 ways YOU can help spread a message of HOPE!
5 ways YOU can help spread a message of HOPE!
We’ve been blessed to see testimonials and emails pour in from readers of The Fantasy Fallacy since the book launched a few weeks ago. Each one of these reminds me of my mission for ministry – to continue to proclaim the much needed message of healthy sexuality and spirituality boldly and confidently! My sincere hope is […]
Behind the Scenes of The Fantasy Fallacy: The Blessed Birth and a Giveaway!
Behind the Scenes of The Fantasy Fallacy: The Blessed Birth and a Giveaway!
The Blessed Birth! First and foremost, I want to apologize for the recent lack of posting here on the blog. As you can imagine, the last few months have truly been a whirlwind of activity and preparation for the launch of The Fantasy Fallacy. Juggling multiple interviews, writing several articles, and speaking engagements with Women […]
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: A Beautiful Mind
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: A Beautiful Mind
Enjoy another blog from the continued series by Elle Emmerson! -Shannon ——————————– I cried the first time I watched the movie, A Beautiful Mind. I couldn’t believe how much the life of a man living with schizophrenia, and the life of the wife struggling to help him, mirrored the life of a husband struggling with […]
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: The Forgiveness Basin
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: The Forgiveness Basin
Enjoy another blog from the continued series by Elle Emmerson! -Shannon ——————————– I washed my husband’s feet for the first time on our wedding night. As he sat on the edge of the bed, I lovingly washed and dried his feet, and declared my faithfulness to him for all the days of his life. […]
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: SOS! Pick up your paddle and wave
Hope for Women Living in a Porn Torn World: SOS! Pick up your paddle and wave
I will be posting a 3 part series by Elle Emmerson! Enjoy! -Shannon ——————————– The summers of my youth were spent vacationing on a lake. I was 16, carefree, and in love. One night, my boyfriend and I escaped for a private canoe ride. We didn’t tell our parents, didn’t take life jackets, and didn’t […]
How Much Will You Let Pornography Rob From You?
How Much Will You Let Pornography Rob From You?
If you are the wife of a (hopefully recovering) pornography addict, I have a heart-felt message I want to share with you that’s been brewing in me for some time. But first, I want you to pray that God would open your heart and mind in such a way that you’d be able to fully […]
Peeping Behind His Pornography Problem
Peeping Behind His Pornography Problem
Every week we receive multiple emails from either men struggling with pornography, or wives struggling with their husbands’ use of it. (I know many women struggle with using pornography as well, but we’ll save that for another blog). I agree with Dr. Phil, who insists that users of Internet porn are cheating on their partners, […]