I Love You, But How Do I Like You?
After my husband asked me out on our first date, we were inseparable. We couldn’t get enough of each other’s company. Our dating days were filled with joy, delight, anticipation, ...
Working With Past Hurts
Emotional hurts from past relationships can affect needs more than we realize. “Because I had an unfaithful husband, I have a great need to know that Rick will be faithful,” ...
Love & War
Have you ever noticed that the Bible begins and ends with a marriage? Near the beginning of Genesis with Adam and Eve we witness the first uniting of a man ...
Want a Better Marriage? Be a Better Spouse.
How long were you married when you realized that your spouse didn’t seem quite as perfect as you once thought? Does he/she seem to push your buttons more often now ...
The 5 Virtues of Marriage
Looking back over the past year is one of my favorite traditions. I get to remember the ups and downs, the growth that occurred, and see what themes continually show ...
How to Make Marriage Across Cultures Work
When I boarded the international flight as a naïve, newly graduated cross-cultural missions major, little did I know just how steeped in cross-cultural communication my life was to become. At the ...
Do the 5 Patterns of Depression Influence Your Marriage?
No one doubts that, when the alarm system of depression sounds, your life is profoundly affected. Alarms are intended as wake-up calls to direct your attention to either something within ...
Servant-Hearted Marriage
I recently came across the Bible I used from 1996-2006. Inside the front cover, I had written out a sermon outline on servanthood preached at some point during that decade. ...
When Marriage Crashes
We don’t love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.” – Jacques Maritain There is something magical about authenticity. Loving our ...
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