Articles on marriage by ministers, experts, and people who’ve been married long enough to know what they’re talking about.
As a Christian desiring the best marriage and a close walk with God, you may wonder why you and your spouse don’t have a deeply-connected prayer life together. You say a blessing over the food, and you pray for the missionaries; but you seldom if ever pour out your hearts before God together.
View More My Husband Won’t Pray With Me
Wives want quality time, help around the house, leadership, and affection. That’s what the article I read listed. Fairly simple and straightforward. Life tells a very different story. What do women really want from their husbands?
View More What Do Wives Want From Their Husbands?
Let me ask you a question about your marriage, and try to answer it as honestly as you can. Are you silently “keeping score?” In other words, do you tally your spouse’s faults and weaknesses while only taking note of your own good deeds? And once you’re ahead, do you leverage your scorecard to bully your spouse or get your own way?
View More Forfeiting the Marriage Contest In April of 2009 our couples’ therapist asked me; “Do you want to save your marriage?”
My wife and I had come to him in a state of crisis after she recently revealed her involvement in an affair. I should make clear this wasn’t something she had admitted doing and now it was over. No, it was something she was currently doing without any indications she might be willing to stop.
View More How To Win Back Your Spouse – A Testimonial When my husband and I drove through Europe, we frequently found ourselves caught up on rotary traffic circles in the cities (some call them “roundabouts”).…
View More Interrupting Negative Circles In Your Marriage
Every day our organization works with people whose marriages are in crisis. We hear the stories – infidelity, control, selfishness, and much more. So how do we answer the question, “Should I stay married for my children?”
View More Should I Stay Married For My Children?
Having a baby turns your marriage upside-down. There’s no denying it. You take on these new roles of “Mommy” and “Daddy” and within that, it can be hard to relate to each other. You can feel more like colleagues working together on an important project than lovers. But it’s important to remember your real relationship. So how do you do that?
View More Child-Proofing Your Marriage
During the 1970’s my grandmother clipped “Love is” cartoons from the daily newspaper. Just in case you don’t remember (or if you are too young to know what I am talking about) it was a cartoon created by Kim Casali. The cartoons originated from a series of love notes that Grove drew for her future husband, Roberto Casali.
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Keeping romance alive is important in a marriage. Have you ever wondered why romance novels account for 48.6 percent of the mass market (paperback) book sales in the United States? Or why soap operas are so popular?
View More Ten Ways For Husbands to Nurture Romance
“Your counselor told her that I have her right under my thumb.” He pushed his coffee cup aside and ground his thumb into the table. I could not tell if he agreed with the analysis or if he resented it.
View More Under My Thumb I am sorry to say that for many years I had an incorrect perspective of my wife, and women in general. Over time the enemy…
View More A Wife is a God-Given Gift — And Should be Treated Like One
It is likely no surprise to you that God has wired women and men differently.
View More 10 Things Guys Wish Women Knew About Men
Does the teaching of Paul regarding being unequally yoked have application to marriage? Specifically: may a believer marry an unbeliever? May a Christian marry one who is not (i.e., a Jew, a Buddhist, an atheist, etc.)? Does God recognize such unions as legitimate marriages?
View More Unequally Yoked Together. Does 2 Corinthians 6:14 Apply to Marriage
She could not look people in the eye as they greeted her. Head down, shoulders slumped; she headed to the nearest open seat and quietly…
View More Stop Controlling Me! One of the most significant things I learned during my addiction, which is probably true with any addiction, is that it removed me from the position of spiritual leader of my household.
View More Reclaiming My God-Given Role as Spiritual Leader