Here's what others have to say about Joyce's book:
"The laughs start with the title, continue through the poem in chapter one (worth the price of the book) and last all the way through to the final chapter. And while she has you laughing, she provides honest practical advice. Two thumbs up! If I were all thumbs, I'd give it ten!"
James Watkins, author of Sex Is Not a Four-Letter Word
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"In Keeping His Pants On Until He Gets Home, author Joyce Oglesby manages to be candid, never offensive; funny yet thought-provoking; logical and whimsical—all at the same time. Female readers will feel they've discovered a new gal pal, and guys will be thankful that somebody finally clarified the "S" word for 21st century couples. This book will serve as a great resource for professional counselors as well as lay readers who just want a dose of common sense."
Holly Miller, Senior Editor of The Saturday Evening Post
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"Putting the principles of this book into action was exhilarating. I fell in love with my husband all over again."
Patty Mason, Speaker, Author, Women's Study Group Leader
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"I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the impact Joyce Oglesby has had in my life. The world today tells us that marriage is disposable; if you're not happy, you can simply step out. God tells us that marriage is forever and not to be torn asunder. Joyce is one of God's greatest advocates for marriage and healthy intimacy. I should know, as her guidance and influence in my own marriage helped to save us when there seemed to be no hope. My husband and I were about to separate, and I called on Joyce to help me understand what I should do. She not only told me what I should do, but she made me understand what I had done or at least my role in what had brought us to this point. She literally had an "in your face" approach. I'll never forget that night when she walked in the door, pulled up a stool, looked straight into my eyes and gave me a clear understanding of my reality like no one ever had before. I find now that there are few, if any, steps I will take in my marriage without thinking of Joyce's words of wisdom, if you will. I am now happier in my marriage than I have ever been. The really cool thing is that I am, by nature, a very controlling person, and Joyce taught me that it is not only in my control how happy I can make my husband, it is my responsibility. This is definitely a book in which this world cannot do without!"
Caryn Skelly, Corydon, Indiana
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"I have known Joyce Oglesby for 14 years, both professionally and personally. My working relationship and friendship with Joyce have provided me with the unique opportunity to observe her wearing all of the many hats she dons on a daily basis - minister’s wife, mother, grandmother, court reporter, leader at church, friend, and writer. I watch in astonishment as she handles each of her roles as if she has no other and knowing all the while there are only 24 hours in a day. Notwithstanding her high-energy lifestyle and the fullness of each day, Joyce always has time to discuss and provide assistance and advice to anyone that seeks her help, and some that do not, no matter how large or small the issue. Joyce’s passion, compassion and her insatiable desire to help others through actions and instructions, combined with her life experiences, will prove to be a winning combination in her new book."
Richard T. Mullineaux, J.D., New Albany, Indiana
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"In our ever-increasing secular society, the moral decay of the family is at an all-time high. Virtually all aspects of life glamorizes sex and attempts to rid the men from the family structure. Joyce’s passion for the family has been captured in this life-changing book. Joyce, a twenty-plus-year court stenographer, has watched and reported firsthand how domestic disputes, moral decline, pornography, and loss of intimacy have eroded the family. As a minister’s wife, she has been involved in counseling Christian couples and knows that the current moral failures have no boundaries. Joyce begins to fight this moral disease with an antidote of direct Christian wisdom based on God’s plan for marriage; His first and most important social institution."
Daniel J. Eichenberger M.D., Floyds Knobs, IN
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"Twenty-five years ago, I began the fairytale life. I graduated from a prominent Christian college where I met and married my wonderful Christian husband. We started in the ministry at young ages and thought we had the dream marriage. Little did we realize, Satan would attack our "perfect" lives with the temptations of pornography. As a wife of a minister, I knew keeping this a secret would only save his ministry and keep the reality from our children. Our marriage took a downhill spiral until our youngest child exposed his addiction by finding his porn as she wrote a father's day letter to him on his internet email before he went on a mission trip. It's too late for our marriage. Many years have eaten away like a worm devours an apple. If only I had read this wonderful book before I even dreamed of being married, I would have been more prepared as a wife to meet the needs and see the ways in which I could have perhaps saved my marriage. I had no tools or books to help me develop a healthy marriage, and no one told me how to be a great wife and keep my sex life healthy. I take responsibility in some of my husband's desire to resort to pornography. I didn't know how to help him "Keep his pants on until he came home." If only... this book was written 26 years ago, perhaps there would be a family that wasn't destroyed. If only."
Holly Mowery, Fisherville, KY
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"God created man and woman for each other, complete with wants and needs to be communicated and shared. I find the principles offered in this book to be applicable in every marriage relationship, no matter how fulfilling or stable the bond may seem. There isn’t an existing marriage that can’t be improved. Even applying just one principle from this book will enhance, strengthen and promote a deeper understanding of each marriage partner. Knowing Joyce for 18 years as my friend and minister’s wife, I can attest to her convictions of living a God-centered life and embracing and practicing the sound principles she believes. After 22 years of therapy work with couples, it’s refreshing to have a resource at my fingertips that reminds us of the simple practical ways a man and his wife can and should communicate in the soul of their marriage."
Lindasue Farrell, M.S. Ed., L.C.S.W., L.M.F.T., Marriage and Family Therapist
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In Keeping His Pants On…Until He Gets Home, author Joyce Oglesby approaches the subjects of love, romance, intimacy, sex and marriage with quick wit, humor and integrity. Joyce speaks candidly in truth in a way that will keep you laughing throughout the entire book. The tips she shares for success and pleasure in marriage are perfect not only for a young couple, but also beautiful reminders of why it’s important to keep love alive and steamy even for those who have been married a long time. Her practical principles in keeping love fresh in marriage will serve as wonderful guidelines for any marriage. This book is full of helpful tips and information based upon Biblical scripture, reminding us how important intimacy in marriage is to God. This book is both ageless and timeless making it a fantastic gift to anyone.
God created love, marriage and SEX. He first gave these beautiful gifts to Adam and Eve. Joyce reminds us how we should lovingly pleasure our spouse and how we should also take pleasure in receiving this precious gift. It’s a gift we have to protect at all times even in the healthiest of marriages. She teaches her readers how to unlock sweet surrender in the marriage, and to lock away outside problems that might harm the marriage.
Joyce shares many secrets learned throughout her 37 years of marriage to husband, Webby. She shares tender moments of a beautiful, healthy, sexual marriage and how the couple is able to captivate one another, keeping things alive and fresh after all these years. As a minister’s wife, Joyce speaks from authority regarding marital difficulties offering her readers tips on beating the odds of divorce based upon the multitude of couples she and husband, Webby, have counseled throughout the years. She lends her readers a “girlfriend’s” advice on how to overcome life’s interruptions and fall in love again.
“We’re either too tired, too stressed, too fat, too flat-chested, too mad, too sad, too depressed, too dirty, too clean, too selfish, or it’s just too much trouble,” she says. Joyce puts things back into perspective for her readers encouraging them to focus on individual marital responsibility.
By weaving the principles of this book into marriages, readers can begin to overcome the doldrums of a boring sexual existence and taking each other for granted, to feeling the exhilaration of new love once again and empowering the marriage to last…until death do us part.
Brenda Reed, features writer
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