“my own vineyard I have neglected” Song of Songs 1:6 “my own vineyard is mine to give” Song of Songs 8:12 Like the muse in Janis Ian’s Grammy-winning, “At Seventeen,” the young bride in the Bible’s Song of Songs feels the sadness in lyrics like “dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling…
“Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong, so I’ll have to say I love you in a song.” —Jim Croce Most of us find it difficult to express the emotions that at one moment excite and the next enervate us. Rich and I often commiserate with couples who express…
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20 As newlyweds, June and Brad often feel like they’re “brailing their way through each day.” Having been raised by dysfunctional single parents, they’ve struggled with finding relational models that inspire romance and the kind of connection they both…
Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong; so I’ll have to say I love you in a song. – Jim Croce Love is hard to put into words. We often find it difficult to express the emotions that at one moment excite and the next enervate us. It is,…
