Photo Inspiration: True Love Never Ends
Photo by Jamie Delaine Photography
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Who Knew Marriage Could Be Lonely?
I’m in the middle of writing a book about loneliness. It doesn’t drop until next year, but I can give you a sneak peak. Chapter 1: God wired us for connection Chapter 2: We’ve gotten a little sidetracked in our understanding of what connection really is. Chapter 3: A bunch of us are really, really…
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It’s the Small Things…
Recently, I asked the husband of a young couple seeking to improve their marriage, “Do you ever have a warm thought, even a fleeting one, about your wife when you’re not with her?” He replied (as I suspected he would), “Yes, of course I do”. Then I asked him if he had ever reported those…
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Four Phrases that’ll Drive your Spouse Crazy
There are some things I say to my husband in anger or frustration that even make me cringe! In the fires of impulsivity, emotions rage and words fly. Certain phrases seem to slip out undetected and unannounced, without forethought or deliberation. Regret immediately surges through me and I automatically wish I would’ve just kept my…
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The Significance of the Wedding Dance
A highlight of the wedding celebration occurs when the bride and the groom take the floor for their first dance. Over the many years in which I have studied and taught Paul’s letters to churches, including every passage on marriage, I have come to think of this moment as an encapsulation of Paul’s guidance for…